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Thanks·giv·ing [or] thanks·giv·ing

Thanksgiving [or] thanksgiving

 
pronunciation:
thaengks gI vIng
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part of speech: noun
definition 1: Thanksgiving is a holiday in the United States that is held on the fourth Thursday in November. On Thanksgiving, Americans think about the good things they have in their lives.
We have a big dinner at my grandmother's house on Thanksgiving every year.
 
definition 2: Thanksgiving is the feeling or expression of thanks.
The mother's heart was filled with thanksgiving when the police told her that her child was safe and not injured.There was great thanksgiving on the day the war ended.
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