Christmas

  • 31Christmas */*/*/ — UK [ˈkrɪsməs] / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms Christmas : singular Christmas plural Christmases 1) a) 25 December, celebrated by Christians as the day that Jesus Christ was born The day after Christmas is called Boxing Day. Did you… …

    English dictionary

  • 32christmas — {{#}}{{LM C08515}}{{〓}} {{SynC08728}} {{[}}christmas{{]}} {{■}}(ing.){{□}} {{◆}}(pl. christmas){{◇}} {{《}}▍ s.m.{{》}} Tarjeta que se envía para felicitar las fiestas navideñas: • A principios de diciembre siempre envío un christmas a mi tío.{{○}} …

    Diccionario de uso del español actual con sinónimos y antónimos

  • 33Christmas — noun /ˈkɹɪsməs/ a) A widely celebrated festival commemorating the nativity of Jesus Christ, incorporating various Christian, pre Christian and secular customs. Do you celebrate Christmas? b) A personification of Christmas …

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  • 34Christmas — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. yule, Noël. See time. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. Christmastime, Christmastide, Xmas, Yuletide, Noel, Yule, Christmas night, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, the Nativity, birth of the Christ Child; see also …

    English dictionary for students

  • 35Christmas — Christ|mas [ krısməs ] noun count or uncount *** 1. ) December 25, celebrated by Christians as the day that Jesus Christ was born: Christmas comes less than a month after Thanksgiving. Did you get a lot of Christmas presents this year? a )… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 36Christmas — noun (C, U) 1 also Christmas Day December 25th, the day when Christians celebrate the birth of Christ: Are you going home for Christmas? 2 the period before and after this day: It snowed all over Christmas …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 37Christmas — /ˈkrɪsməs / (say krismuhs) noun 1. the annual festival of the Christian church commemorating the birth of Jesus, celebrated on 25 December or, by some Orthodox or Eastern Rite churches, on 6 or 7 January. 2. → Christmas Day. 3. the season when… …

  • 38Christmas — noun (plural Christmases) 1》 (also Christmas Day) the annual Christian festival celebrating Christ s birth, held on 25 December. 2》 the period immediately before and after Christmas Day. Derivatives Christmassy adjective Origin OE Crīstes mæsse… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 39Christmas*/*/*/ — [ˈkrɪsməs] noun [C/U] 1) 25 December, celebrated by Christians as the day that Jesus Christ was born Did you get some nice Christmas presents this year?[/ex] 2) the period before and after 25 December We spent Christmas abroad last year.[/ex] …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 40Christmas — see the devil makes his Christmas pies of lawyers’ tongues and clerks’ fingers a dog is for life, not just for Christmas a green Yule makes a fat churchyard …

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