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View synonyms for Fourth of July

Fourth of July

Fourth of July

noun

  1. the Fourth of July
    a holiday in the United States, traditionally celebrated with fireworks: the day of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 Official nameIndependence Day
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Fourth of July

  1. The day on which the Declaration of Independence was adopted by the Continental Congress in 1776; Independence Day .


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Fourth of July1

An Americanism dating back to 1770–80
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Example Sentences

Probably this belief is a heritage from that time in my boyhood when first I saw Fourth-of-July fireworks.

Once there was a great Fourth-of-July celebration at which it was said a real Revolutionary soldier was to be present.

It cannot be denied that our Fourth-of-July-men made a very impudent declaration, to say the least of it.

I do not suppose that one of them could have delivered a fourth-of-July oration on Patriotism.

Her voice was shrill as a night-bird's, and varied by sharp and sudden cracks, like fourth-of-July firecrackers.

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