thanksgiving
IPA: θæŋksgˈɪvɪŋ
noun
- An expression of gratitude.
- A short prayer said at meals; grace, a benediction.
- A public celebration in acknowledgement of divine favour.
- (Canada, US) Thanksgiving Day, celebrated on the second Monday of October in Canada, and on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States.
- (Canada, US) The long weekend which includes Thanksgiving Day; Thanksgiving weekend.
- An analogous celebration in other cultures, especially a harvest festival.
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Examples of "thanksgiving" in Sentences
- It's the Thanksgiving holiday.
- People eat turkey on Thanksgiving.
- This is the American tradition of Thanksgiving.
- The best Thanksgiving is the day of Thanksgiving.
- ABC acquired the rights to the Thanksgiving game.
- I will meet my cousin in coming Thanksgiving day.
- Thanksgiving is on the fourth Thursday of the month.
- The campus burned to the ground on Thanksgiving Eve in 1954.
- It is a festival of peace and thanksgiving to the Almighty for the harvests.
- In the mid 1990s the games moved from Thanksgiving morning to the night before.
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