HOW TO PRONOUNCE
thanksgiving
/ˌθeɪ̯ŋksˈɡɪv.ɪŋ/
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What does thanksgiving mean?
noun
- The expression of gratitude.
- A short prayer said at meals; grace, a benediction.
- A public celebration in acknowledgement of divine favour.
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proper noun
- Thanksgiving Day, celebrated on the second Monday of October in Canada, and on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States.
- The long weekend which includes Thanksgiving Day; Thanksgiving weekend.
- An analogous celebration in other cultures, especially a harvest festival.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˌθeɪ̯ŋksˈɡɪv.ɪŋ/
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So a solemn thanksgiving service was sung in the great church of San Marco, and the fisherman received his due reward.
Joy means sweet thoughts of Christ, melodious hymns and psalms, praises and thanksgiving, with which Christians instruct, inspire, and refresh themselves.
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To-night there was a little orange tree, with oranges on it, that one of Harsanyi’s pupils had sent him at Thanksgiving time.
There’s not a soldier of us all that, in the thanksgiving before meat, do relish the petition well that prays for peace.
With a deep breath of thanksgiving I drew it out and cocked it, and as I did so he recognized the sudden click.