holdover
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6.6
- noun
- /ˈhoʊlˌoʊvər/
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resabio
- Many of these customs are holdovers from an age when life was simpler.
- holdovers from the ancient
It was a whole advertising holdover from the plasma TV days.
- It was a whole advertising holdover from the plasma TV days.
Examples
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Not to mention that the only reason we have summer vacations is a holdover of agrarian needs from the pre-industrial revolution.
Blog text (10) -
It was a whole advertising holdover from the plasma TV days.
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Yeah, well, that was a holdover from the bad old days.
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You can argue this is a holdover from the Communists in a way.
Blog text (15) -
Some of them are more holdovers from the past that we'll eventually get over.
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So in some sense, it's kind of a holdover from the days when it was really tough to keep track and and use vast amounts of data.
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Superstitions are a holdover from primitive humans finding simple reasons for things they don't understand.
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For the likes of George Will, the "curdled liberalism" of the contemporary academy is a holdover from the radicalism of the 1960s.
Academic text (1992) -
Hernandez, Vargas, and Beaven are holdovers from last year's staff.
Blog text (3) -
The only holdovers are Do Nuoi and General Le Duc Anh.
Academic text (1992)
Synonyms
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4.7
Something from the past that still exists
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4.0
Something from an earlier time that continues into the present
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7.2
An object, custom, or idea from long ago that seems out of date
An old object that reminds people of an earlier time
Antonyms
How Persistent
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Holdover comes from the simple words hold and over, which mean 'keep' and 'after', and it gives the image of something 'held over' from the past. That's why a holdover is something that remains from an earlier time.