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birthday

US /ˈbɝθˌdeɪ/

noun Core · B1 Đời sống hằng ngày

Definition

an anniversary of the day on which a person was born (or the celebration of it)

Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.

Examples

The team bought a cake for her birthday celebration.

Collocations

  • Easy happy birthday
    describing happy birthday (enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure)
  • Medium celebrate someone's birthday
    to celebrate someone's birthday, meaning to behave as expected during of holidays or rites
  • Hard birthday milestone
    describing birthday milestone (an anniversary of the day on which a person was born (or the celebration of it))
  • Very Hard in one's birthday suit
    indicating a state, position, or relationship within one's birthday suit

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