New Year's Day

noun

the first day of the year (Freq. 2)

• Syn: ↑New Year's, ↑January 1

• Hypernyms: ↑legal holiday, ↑national holiday, ↑public holiday

• Part Holonyms: ↑January, ↑Jan

* * *

noun or new year's

Usage: usually capitalized N&Y&D

Etymology: new year's day from Middle English new yeres day, newe yeersday; new year's, short for new year's day

: the first day of the calendar year observed as a legal holiday in many countries (as the U.S., Canada, Scotland)

* * *

January 1, celebrated as a holiday in many countries.

[1150-1200; ME]

* * *

New Year's Day noun

The first day of the year

• • •

Main Entry: ↑new

* * *

New Year’s Day UK US noun [countable] [singular New Year’s Day plural New Year’s Days] ★★

1st January, the first day of the year, usually celebrated as a public holiday

Thesaurus: public and national holidays_hyponym

* * *

New Year's Day,

January 1, the first day of the year, usually observed as a legal holiday.

* * *

n. the first day of the year; in the modern Western calendar, January 1

* * *

noun, pl ⋯ Days [count, noncount]

: January 1 celebrated as a holiday : the first day of the year

* * *

ˌNew Year's ˈDay [New Year's Day] (NAmE also ˈNew Year's) noun uncountable

1 January

See also: ↑New Year's  

Example Bank:

•

I don't have to work on New Year's Day.

•

They celebrate New Year's Day more than Christmas.