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单词 thanksgiving
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thanksgiving
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A thanksgiving is a short prayer before a meal that offers thanks.
Thanksgiving is best known as a holiday in which people give thanks. That should help you remember that a thanksgiving is also a short prayer that can be said before any meal on any day. Like the holiday, a thanksgiving expresses gratitude for food. Often, a thanksgiving might express thanks for family, friends, a job, or good news too. A thanksgiving is also called a blessing or grace.
TASTY MORSELS
What's the Difference Between "thanksgiving" and "Thanksgiving"?
WORD FAMILY
thanksgiving: thanksgivings
USAGE EXAMPLES
Congress urged George Washington to “recommend” to the people a day of thanksgiving, which he did.
Washington Post(Nov 23, 2016)
Some politicians thought the “day of public thanksgiving and prayer” declared by George Washington in 1789 violated the separation of church and state.
Time(Nov 23, 2016)
In 1963, Kennedy’s Thanksgiving proclamation began: “Over three centuries ago, our forefathers in Virginia and in Massachusetts … set aside a time of thanksgiving.”
Time(Nov 21, 2016)
n a short prayer of thanks before a meal
Syn|Hyper
blessing, grace
orison, petition, prayer
reverent petition to a deity

TASTY MORSELS
What's the Difference Between "thanksgiving" and "Thanksgiving"?
WORD FAMILY
Thanksgiving: Thanksgivings
USAGE EXAMPLES
If years were relatives, 2016 would be the uncle who shows up at your Thanksgiving dinner wearing his underpants on the outside.
Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016)
The two kept in touch despite the distractions of Thanksgiving.
Washington Post(Dec 27, 2016)
For many years it forced them to wake up at 6 a.m. the morning after Thanksgiving.
Wall Street Journal(Dec 30, 2016)
n fourth Thursday in November in the United States; second Monday in October in Canada; commemorates a feast held in 1621 by the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag
Syn|Hyper
Thanksgiving Day
feast day, fete day
a day designated for feasting
legal holiday, national holiday, public holiday
authorized by law and limiting work or official business
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