sick leave

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [sik leev]
- /sɪk liv/
- /sɪk liːv/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [sik leev]
- /sɪk liv/

Definitions of sick leave words

noun sick leave leave from duty, work, or the like, granted because of illness. 1
noun sick leave time off work for illness 1
uncountable noun sick leave Sick leave is the time that a person spends away from work because of illness or injury. 0
noun sick leave leave of absence from work through illness 0
noun sick leave leave from work granted for illness, often with pay (sick pay), for a limited number of days 0

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Origin of sick leave

First appearance:

before 1830

One of the 36% newest English words

First recorded in 1830-40

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Parts of speech for Sick leave

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Sick leave

sick leave popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 43% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for sick leave

noun sick leave

day off — A day off is a day when you do not go to work, even though it is usually a working day.

All 2 Synonyms of sick leave