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# thanksgiving

«thanksgiving» in Mova's school dictionary: **a holiday in the USA (in late autumn) and in Canada (in…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (Thanksgiving — a holiday; thanksgiving — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Thanksgiving is a holiday in the USA (in late autumn) and in Canada (in mid autumn) when families eat a big meal, often turkey, and give thanks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thanksgiving/#m1)

2) Thanksgiving means saying or showing thanks, especially to God. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thanksgiving/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In US and Canadian life: the Thanksgiving dinner with turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie; parades and football. In history lessons: the story of the Pilgrims' harvest feast. In religious services: a service of thanksgiving. Phrases: Thanksgiving dinner, happy Thanksgiving, a prayer of thanksgiving.

### examples

- We eat turkey and pumpkin pie at Thanksgiving. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thanksgiving/#x1)
- Our whole family meets for Thanksgiving dinner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thanksgiving/#x2)
- Happy Thanksgiving! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thanksgiving/#x3)
- Canadian Thanksgiving comes earlier in the autumn than the American one. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thanksgiving/#x4)
- The church held a service of thanksgiving after the harvest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thanksgiving/#x5)
- At Thanksgiving we each say what we are thankful for. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thanksgiving/#x6)
- It was a psalm of praise and thanksgiving. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thanksgiving/#x7)

### note

As the holiday it takes a capital T. It is one word. Thanksgiving is not a national holiday in the UK, Ireland, Australia or New Zealand. In maths problems: share a turkey or pie among guests.

### In the corpora

- [Americans celebrate Thanksgiving every November, and for many Native people it is also a day of mourning for what followed.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/38-the-united-states-a-short-story/9/)
- [Thanksgiving in North America has a spirit similar to Harvest Festival.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/26-the-church-year/16/)
- [Thanksgiving is on the fourth Thursday of November in the USA and the second Monday of October in Canada.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/97-festivals-holidays-traditions/11/)
- [With cakes of leavened bread he shall present his offering with the sacrifice of his peace-offerings for thanksgiving.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.147/)
- [And when ye sacrifice a sacrifice of thanksgiving unto the LORD, ye shall sacrifice it that ye may be accepted.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.660/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «thanksgiving» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thanksgiving/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.