shore leave

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [shawr, shohr leev]
- /ʃɔr, ʃoʊr liv/
- /ʃɔːr liːv/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [shawr, shohr leev]
- /ʃɔr, ʃoʊr liv/

Definitions of shore leave words

noun shore leave permission to spend time ashore, usually 48 hours or more, granted a member of a ship's company. 1
noun shore leave the time spent ashore during such leave. 1
noun shore leave permission for sailor to spend time on shore 1
noun shore leave time sailor spends on shore 1
noun shore leave permission to go ashore 0
noun shore leave time spent ashore during leave 0

See all 7 definitions of shore leave

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Origin of shore leave

First appearance:

before 1905

One of the 15% newest English words

First recorded in 1905-10

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Parts of speech for Shore leave

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Shore leave

shore leave popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 32% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 69% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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Synonyms for shore leave

noun shore leave

busman's holiday — If you have a holiday, but spend it doing something similar to your usual work, you can refer to it as a busman's holiday.
day off — A day off is a day when you do not go to work, even though it is usually a working day.
leave of absence — permission to be absent from duty, employment, service, etc.; leave.

All 4 Synonyms of shore leave