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Meaning of "general strike" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GENERAL STRIKE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GENERAL STRIKE

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conjunction
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General strike is a noun.
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WHAT DOES GENERAL STRIKE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

general strike

General strike

A general strike is a strike action in which a substantial proportion of the total labour force in a city, region, or country participates. General strikes are characterized by the participation of workers in a multitude of workplaces, and tend to involve entire communities. General strikes first occurred in the mid-19th century, and have characterized many historically important strikes.

Definition of general strike in the English dictionary

The definition of general strike in the dictionary is a strike by all or most of the workers of a country, province, city, etc, esp such a strike that took place in Britain in 1926.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GENERAL STRIKE

general paralysis of the insane
general paresis
general partnership
General Post Office
general power of appointment
general practice
general practitioner
general public
general science
General Secretary
general semantics
general servant
general shop
general staff
general store
General Studies
General Synod
general theory of relativity
general will

WORDS THAT END LIKE GENERAL STRIKE

air strike
bird strike
coal strike
counterstrike
dock strike
first-strike
hunger strike
lightning strike
out on strike
overstrike
rail strike
relay hunger strike
restrike
second-strike
shrike
sit-down strike
strike
surgical strike
thunderstrike
trike
wildcat strike

Synonyms and antonyms of general strike in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «general strike» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GENERAL STRIKE

Find out the translation of general strike to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of general strike from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «general strike» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

总罢工
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

huelga general
570 millions of speakers

English

general strike
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आम हड़ताल
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

إضراب عام
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Всеобщая забастовка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

greve geral
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সাধারণ ধর্মঘট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

grève générale
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mogok am
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Generalstreik
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ゼネスト
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

총파업
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Serangan umum
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cuộc tổng đình công
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பொது வேலைநிறுத்தம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सामान्य स्ट्राइक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Genel grev
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sciopero generale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

strajk generalny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

загальний страйк
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

grevă generală
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

γενική απεργία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

algemene staking
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

generalstrejk
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

generalstreik
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of general strike

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GENERAL STRIKE»

The term «general strike» is regularly used and occupies the 85.262 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GENERAL STRIKE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «general strike» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «general strike» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about general strike

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GENERAL STRIKE»

Discover the use of general strike in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to general strike and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The General Strike of 1926
The book argues that the strike was inevitable but asserts that it was not the disaster that it is often presented as being.
Keith Laybourn, 1993
2
Confrontation at Winnipeg: Labour, Industrial Relations, and ...
Bercuson answers this question by examining the development of union labour and the impact of depression and war in the two decades preceding the strike.
David Bercuson, 1990
3
The General Strike: Day by Day
The General Strike of 1926 was the most important industrial dispute in British History. Keith Laybourne examines the main debates about the causes, events and consequences of the strike.
Keith Laybourn, 1999
4
Nomad Citizenship: Free-Market Communism and the Slow-Motion ...
Exposes social and labor contracts as masks for foundational and ongoing global violence
Eugene W. Holland, 2011
5
Marxism and trade union struggle: the General Strike of 1926
Marxism and the Trade Union Struggle: The General Strike of 1926
Tony Cliff, Donny Gluckstein, 1986
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On Strike: Six Key Labour Struggles in Canada 1919-1949
1. The. Winnipeg. General. Strike. by. David. Bercuson. General strikes are cataclysmic events; they are, by their nature, unlikely to be created in a day. The first moments of a general strike take place against a background of many years of ...
Irving Abella, 1974
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History of the Labor Movement in the United States: Postwar ...
But after the defeat of the 1919 general strike, the Seattle labor movement " became easy prey for a virulent open-shop drive, and it slid into a long period of decline." BACKGROUND OF THE WINNIPEG GENERAL STRIKE Three general  ...
Philip S. Foner, 1987
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Modernism, Labour and Selfhood in British Literature and ...
In this final chapter I will examine the 'general strike' as an event and a process which, perhaps paradoxically, had an integral relationship to the imagination and the experience of human labour in the early years of the twentieth century.
Morag Shiach, 2004
9
A Bibliography of British Industrial Relations
The General Strike, 1926. 1976. P- 173-92. 2249 Barton, David and Gasse, Ian. Newark and the General Strike. Newark: The Authors, 1977. 8p. 225o Griffin, C. P. 'The Leicestershire miners and the mining dispute of 1926.' Int. Rev. of Soc.
George S. Bain, Gillian B. Woolven, 1979
10
Nonviolent Action: A Research Guide
(Biography of one of the leaders of the general strike and lifelong advocate of nonviolence. See ch. 11 on role in the general strike. Photos. Index.) 388. Magder, Beatrice, "Canadian Issues": The Winnipeg General Strike: Management -Labour ...
Ronald M. McCarthy, Gene Sharp, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GENERAL STRIKE»

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JCILPS calls general strike - The Sangai Express
IMPHAL, Jul 12: The JCILPS has called a State-wide general strike on July 14 from 5 am to 7 pm. However, medical services, religious functions, electricity, ... «The Sangai Express, Jul 15»
2
Separatist leaders not to call for strike on Martyrs' Day : India, News …
While the day is observed as an official holiday every year, the separatists have been calling for a general strike on this day since 1990 to ... «India Today, Jul 15»
3
Arthur Ransome on writing Saturday articles: from the archive, 13 …
Strikers read the latest news during the General Strike, 1926. Facebook Twitter Pinterest. Strikers read the latest news during the General Strike ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
4
Was this humiliation of Greeks really necessary? | World news | The …
“And we will press for a general strike. That won't be easy when the left is in power.” The stench of compromise will not only be resisted by the ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
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TUs call for fight against 'anti-labour' policies - The Hindu
... Gafoor told reporters on conclusion of a two-day the preparatory CITU State executive committee meeting for the general strike on September ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»
6
Lawyers protest shooting of colleague - Daily News Egypt
In June, lawyers launched a general strike across Egypt's courts following a lawyer's being physically assaulted by a police officer inside a ... «Daily News Egypt, Jul 15»
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Rick Steves: It's a great time to visit Greece - USA Today
(Strikes have long been a way of life in Greece; most Greeks see a general strike as an excuse for an impromptu holiday.) What's the biggest ... «USA TODAY, Jul 15»
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Lessons from the Greek tragedy - Libcom
... democrats supporting imperialist slaughter in World War One, to the French Communist Party winding down the General Strike in 1968, to the ... «libcom.org, Jul 15»
9
World NewsBelgian train drivers top London tube strike
Unions called their first general strike in two decades in December, as the Belgian government pushed through controversial reforms, including ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»
10
Morning Star :: We stand for a different and better society. And we …
The solidarity of communities held during the desperate days after the 1926 general strike and during the Great Depression. It helped to bring about a Labour ... «Morning Star Online, Jul 15»

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