Definition of: tidings

(tī′dingz) noun plural (sometimes construed as singular)
A report or information; news. [OE tīdung; infl. in meaning by ON tithindi news, a message] Synonyms: advice, information, intelligence, news. News is the most general of these words, signifying something that has either just happened or just become known. Advices are communications of fact by a trusted informant with the design of guiding or influencing the action of the recipient; the word signifies news with a practical purpose and value. Intelligence is news or information, often secret information, specifically communicated, usually in certain form. See NEWS.