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Admission Day

Admission Day

5.0
A public holiday that marks the date a state joined the United States
  • noun
  • /ədˈmɪʃən deɪ/
  • US
translation icon : Día de Admisión
  • In Nevada, Admission Day is a time for residents to honor their state's history.

Examples

  • On Admission Day, citizens reflect on the significance of their state's entry into the Union.

  • It's Texas Admission Day.

    Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)

  • Many people celebrate Admission Day with parades and fireworks.

Surface Forms

Admission Day singular
Admission Days plural

Morphology

admission + day

The phrase 'Admission Day' is compositionally built from 'admission' (the act or date of being accepted) and 'day' (a date set aside), so a learner who knows both words can infer it refers to the day of admission or a commemorative day marking that admission (e.g., a state's admission to the Union). This [event]+day pattern is cross-linguistically common and follows normal English noun + day naming, making the meaning transparent to a B1 learner.

Etymology

The noun Admission Day comes from the exact day a state officially joined the United States. People set that calendar date as a holiday to remember when the state was 'admitted to the Union', so Admission Day today means a yearly celebration of that joining.