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NOVEMBER 5
Dictionary entry overview: What does November 5 mean?
• NOVEMBER 5 (noun)
The noun NOVEMBER 5 has 1 sense:
1. anniversary of the discovery of the Gunpowder Plot
Familiarity information: NOVEMBER 5 used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Anniversary of the discovery of the Gunpowder Plot
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("November 5" is a kind of...):
day (a day assigned to a particular purpose or observance)
Domain region:
Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "November 5"):
Guy Fawkes Day (day for the celebration of the discovery of the Gunpowder Plot)
Bonfire Night; Guy Fawkes Night (effigies of Guy Fawkes are burned on this night)
Holonyms ("November 5" is a part of...):
Nov; November (the month following October and preceding December)
Context examples
The one day that Mars might pose a challenge will be on November 5 when Mars will be in hard angle to Pluto.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
This was the page at which the favourite volume always opened: Walter Elliot, born March 1, 1760, married, July 15, 1784, Elizabeth, daughter of James Stevenson, Esq. of South Park, in the county of Gloucester, by which lady (who died 1800) he has issue Elizabeth, born June 1, 1785; Anne, born August 9, 1787; a still-born son, November 5, 1789; Mary, born November 20, 1791.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
The only day to avoid for an interview for a potential job would be November 5, when Mars in your career sector will challenge Pluto in Capricorn.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
More relationship fireworks are due this month when warrior Mars, in your fifth house of romantic relationships, will directly confront Pluto on November 5, and then later, Mars will oppose unpredictable Uranus on November 24.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
On November 5 when Mars confronts Pluto, you may have a difference of opinion over costs, and you might feel dominated and heavily pressured.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
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