the heavens

plural noun

: the sky

the brightest star in the heavens

Note: When the heavens open (up) it means it starts to rain.

The game had to be stopped when the heavens opened up.

Examples of the heavens in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In November 1783, a hot-air balloon designed by the Montgolfier brothers carried two men on a 25-minute flight over Paris, beginning our species' exploration of the heavens. — Mike Wall, Space.com, 4 July 2026

Greece is looking to the heavens for help, with a dedicated satellite constellation that monitors for fires. — ABC News, 26 June 2026

The future of communication throughout the heavens will therefore probably be based on relay spacecraft, which are essentially like Internet routers here on Earth. — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 22 June 2026

Nothing worth transmitting to the heavens. — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 21 June 2026

Rhymes for the heavens

• devons
• leavens
• levins
• sevens