worship

[US]/ˈwɜːʃɪp/
[UK]/ˈwɜːrʃɪp/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. kuonyesha heshima au ibada; kuheshimu kwa mila ya kidini
vi. kufanya mila ya kidini au huduma
Word Forms
Past Tenseworshipped
Third Person Singularworships
Past Participleworshipped
Pluralworships
Present Participleworshipping

Phrases & Collocations

nature worship

ibada ya asili

money worship

ibada ya pesa

ancestor worship

ibada ya jadi

hero worship

ibada ya shujaa

idol worship

ibada ya sanamu

freedom of worship

uhuru wa ibada

Example Sentences

with worship in one's eyes

na ibada machoni

they do not worship it.

hawaiabudu hayo.

worship of the Mother Goddess.

Ibada ya Mungu Mama.

Blind worship must be ended.

Ibada ya kiholela lazima iweke.

A skinflint worships money.

Mhagara huabudu pesa.

He is a regular worshiper at that church

Yeye ni mshukuri wa kawaida kanisani huko.

America's idolatrous worship of the auto.

Uabuduasi bandia wa Amerika wa gari.

Krushchev threw the worship of Stalin overboard.

Krushchev alitoa uabuduaji wa Stalin.

worship the ground sb. treads on

Kuabudu ardhi ambayo mtu anatembea.

Blind worship of this idol must be ended.

Ibada ya kiholela kwa sanamu hii lazima iweke.

A miser worships money.

Mhagara huabudu pesa.

The Greeks used to worship several gods.

Wagiriki walitumia kuabudu miungu mingi.

The worshiper thinks that the worst is the insufficient horsepower.

Mwabudu anafikiri kwamba mbaya zaidi ni nguvu ya farasi isiyo ya kutosha.

early peoples worshiping animate and inanimate objects.

Watu wa kwanza kuabudu vitu vilivyo hai na visivyo hai.

the Maya built jungle pyramids to worship their gods.

Wamaya walijenga nyumba za nyumba za pori kuabudu miungu yao.

Venus was a goddess worshiped by the Romans.

Venus alikuwa mungu aliyeabudiwa na Waroma.

HABERDASHER. Here is the cap your worship did bespeak.

HABERDASHER. Hapa ndio kofia yako uliomba.

Real-world Examples

The periods during which they worshipped were called the canonical hours.

Wakati wa kuabudu walipokuwa wanaoitwa masaa ya kanuni.

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OK, that makes no sense. Why would the villagers worship a pharmacist?

Sawa, hicho hakielekei. Kwa nini wakazi wasingeliabudu mfamasia?

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All of us say it's the same god that we're worshipping.

Sisi sote tunasema ni Mungu mmoja tunayemwomba.

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It's supposed to be a generic site of worship.

Inapaswa kuwa mahali pa ibada ya kawaida.

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I personally hold that blindly worshipping famous people should be deterred from becoming rampant.

Hukubali kwa kibinafsi kwamba kuabudu kwa kiwewe watu maarufu kinapaswa kuzuiwa kutokuwa na usawa.

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Nor will Congress interfere in the peoples' right to worship as they choose.

Pia Congress haitaingilia haki ya watu kuabudu kama wanavyochagua.

Source: VOA Special January 2019 Collection

They also note that women of all ages can worship at other Hindu temples.

Wao pia wanaona kwamba wanawake wa kila umri wanaweza kuabudu katika mahekalu mengine ya Hindu.

Source: VOA Special January 2019 Collection

Now let's talk about a few different worship and prayer centers for other big religions.

Sasa tuzungumze kuhusu vituo vya ibada na sala tofauti kwa dini nyingine kubwa.

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How we learn, live, worship and work.

Jinsi tunavyojifunza, kuishi, kuabudu na kufanya kazi.

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Area between inner and outer elbow that I'd worshipped once: check.

Eneo kati ya elbow ya ndani na nje ambayo nilikuwa nimemwomba mara moja: angalia.

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