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For me, the heyday was in 1959. It was before the Ferus Gallery moved across the street, in the days when Ed Kienholz and Walter Hopps ran it. At that time, art was taken very seriously in terms of being an artist, and not as a profession.
Billy Al Bengston

Meaning of "heyday" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HEYDAY

Probably based on hey.
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PRONUNCIATION OF HEYDAY

heyday  [ˈheɪˌdeɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HEYDAY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Heyday is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HEYDAY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of heyday in the English dictionary

The definition of heyday in the dictionary is the time of most power, popularity, vigour, etc; prime.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HEYDAY


all-day
ˈɔːlˌdeɪ
awayday
əˈweɪˌdeɪ
birthday
ˈbɜːθˌdeɪ
doomsday
ˈduːmzˌdeɪ
everyday
ˈɛvrɪˌdeɪ
faraday
ˈfærəˌdeɪ
holiday
ˈhɒlɪˌdeɪ
man-day
ˈmænˌdeɪ
Mayday
ˈmeɪˌdeɪ
multiday
ˈmʌltɪˌdeɪ
one-day
ˈwʌnˌdeɪ
payday
ˈpeɪˌdeɪ
play-day
ˈpleɪˌdeɪ
same-day
ˈseɪmˌdeɪ
schoolday
ˈskuːlˌdeɪ
someday
ˈsʌmˌdeɪ
washday
ˈwɒʃˌdeɪ
weekday
ˈwiːkˌdeɪ
workaday
ˈwɜːkəˌdeɪ
workday
ˈwɜːkˌdeɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HEYDAY

hexathlon
hexavalent
hexer
hexerei
hexobarbital
hexokinase
hexone
hexosaminidase
hexosan
hexose
hexyl
hexylene
hexylic
hexylresorcinol
hey
hey presto
hey-ho

WORDS THAT END LIKE HEYDAY

at the end of the day
day
day-to-day
Friday
from day to day
good day
Monday
officer of the day
order of the day
per day
Saturday
Sunday
that will be the day
the other day
Thursday
today
Tuesday
Valentine´s day
Wednesday
yesterday

Synonyms and antonyms of heyday in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «HEYDAY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «heyday» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of heyday

Translation of «heyday» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HEYDAY

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

Translator English - Chinese

全盛时期
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

auge
570 millions of speakers

English

heyday
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

उमंग
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ذروة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

расцвет
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

auge
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পূর্ণবিকাশ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

apogée
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Zaman kegemilangannya
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Blütezeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

盛り
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

전성기
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Heyday
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hưng thịnh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

செல்வாக்கு மிக்க
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वाढदिवस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

altın çağ
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tempi d´oro
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

rozkwitu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

розквіт
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

tinerețe
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ακμή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bloeityd
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

glans
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

storhetstid
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of heyday

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HEYDAY»

The term «heyday» is quite widely used and occupies the 43.450 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HEYDAY» OVER TIME

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

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10 QUOTES WITH «HEYDAY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word heyday.
1
M. H. Abrams
When something startlingly new comes up, young people, especially, seize it. You can't complain about that. I think its heyday has passed, but it's had an effect and will continue to have an effect.
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Billy Al Bengston
For me, the heyday was in 1959. It was before the Ferus Gallery moved across the street, in the days when Ed Kienholz and Walter Hopps ran it. At that time, art was taken very seriously in terms of being an artist, and not as a profession.
3
Nina Blackwood
The heyday of video music was the mid 80's.
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Drew Brees
I love the Cowboys in the early 90s. That was their heyday, winning all those Super bowls. Troy Aikman was a person I looked up to.
5
Craig Brown
In its heyday, the blazer had come to symbolise a kind of conventional decency. Yacht club commodores and school bursars wore blazers. People who played bowls wore blazers.
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Steven Cojocaru
J. Lo, whether she is good or bad, is like a fiery movie star, a throwback to Elizabeth Taylor in her heyday.
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Lev Grossman
The paradox of the English country house is that its state of permanent decline, the fact that its heyday is always behind it, is part of the seduction, just as it is part of the seduction of books in general.
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Martin Jacques
In its heyday, the car was an expression of technical flair and design genius: the original Mini, the Beetle, the 2CV, and the Fiat 500 were all, in their various ways, inspired incarnations of functionality.
9
Paul Kane
Having said that, I'm a huge Jack Nicholson fan because he just goes nuts in everything he does. Having Jack in his heyday would also be a dream come true.
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Mike Lookinland
And we do talk a lot about my past and my impression of things and how it relates to what we're doing now. The Brady Bunch, in its heyday, was really the genesis of when TV started to become the force that it is today.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HEYDAY»

Discover the use of heyday in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to heyday and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The UAW and the Heyday of American Liberalism, 1945-1968
As contemporary labor and society at large search for new directions, this book should be required reading."—Victor G. Reuther
Kevin Boyle, 1998
2
Heyday: A Novel
Heyday is a brilliantly imagined, wildly entertaining tale of America’s boisterous coming of age–a sweeping panorama of madcap rebellion and overnight fortunes, palaces and brothels, murder and revenge–as well as the story of a ...
Kurt Andersen, 2007
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The heyday of natural history: 1829-1870
A study of the Victorian obsession with natural history incorporates portraits of the most popular naturalists--many of them notorious eccentrics--and examines the attempt to inculcate moral principles through natural theology
Lynn Barber, 1980
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Harlem heyday: a pictorial history of modern Black show ...
A compelling history of the legendary Apollo theater.
Jack Schiffman, 1984
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Return to Wake Robin: One Cabin in the Heyday of Northwoods ...
The author reflects on the times her family spent at a cabin in the Northwoods that her grandparents constructed, drawing on memories, interviews, and photographs.
Marnie O. Mamminga, 2012
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The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards
An enthralling and wise new collection from the author of "Century's Son." Set mainly in small, gritty American cities, each of these stories is a world unto itself.
Robert Boswell, 2011
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Nothin' but Blue Skies: The Heyday, Hard Times, and Hopes of ...
The jobs drifted elsewhere, and many of the people soon followed suit. Nothin' but Blue Skies tells the story of how the country's industrial heartland grew, boomed, bottomed, and hopes to be reborn.
Edward McClelland, 2013
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The Church of Cheese: Gypsy Ritual in the American Heyday
Here are her stories about creating a bounty of good luck made by good times: three-day weddings, opulent slavi (saint days), baptisms, holidays, parties, and fabulous offerings for the Dead Ones. “The Heyday,” this particular heyday, ...
Carol Miller, 2009
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How Do I Begin?: A Hmong American Literary Anthology
That story has not been told. If you don't, who will?" How Do I Begin? is the struggle to preserve on paper the Hmong American experience.
Andre Yang, Hmong American Writers' Circle, 2011
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McKee Rankin and the Heyday of the American Theater
Annotation A retired research librarian chronicles the mercurial career of Canadian-born Rankin (1844-1914), an innovator of the early US theater.
David R. Beasley, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HEYDAY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term heyday is used in the context of the following news items.
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Heyday Footwear on SYTYCD - Rhyme Junkie - Hip-Hop news …
Heyday Footwear high top sneakers were featured in the Team Street Dancers Top 20 performance last night on Fox's “So You Think You Can ... «Rhyme Junkie, Jul 15»
2
Loonie to Kiwi Tumble as Canada Rate Cut Heralds Stimulus Wave
``The signals we're getting from global demand just aren't the same as they were in the heyday for commodity exporters.'' Canada's dollar ... «Bloomberg, Jul 15»
3
Agadez traffickers profit from movement through Niger to Libya - WSJ
... particularly Agadez, the remote Saharan trading post that saw its previous heyday as a medieval stopover for salt caravans heading toward ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
4
How Nintendo Squandered Its Wii Triumph - Bloomberg View
For a time, Nintendo seemed to be enjoying a revival of its 1980s heyday. As CEO, Iwata reinvented Nintendo's culture. A former programmer ... «Bloomberg View, Jul 15»
5
Could MMA legend finally fight in UFC? - Fox Sports
Fedor Emelianenko's heyday was a long time ago but the Last Emperor remains a revered figure. Source: Getty Images. “I was able to recover ... «Fox Sports, Jul 15»
6
For Blatt Billiards, Just Chalk It Up to Stick-to-itiveness - WSJ
The business was founded by Maurice Blatt in 1923. Steve Roeder describes the Roaring '20s as billiards' heyday. Adrienne Grunwald for The ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
7
Remembering Marilyn Manson's time in New Orleans, in advance of …
... better pieces, from the group's heyday, still floating around the Internet after almost 20 years. It reveals Manson as a smart and articulate guy, ... «NOLA.com, Jul 15»
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John Doyle: Can 50-year-old rock stars be funny? - The Globe and …
His face is wrinkled, a bit haggard and he has a hairdo from the heyday of Hall & Oates. The premise is that Johnny was the lead singer of a ... «The Globe and Mail, Jul 15»
9
Dokken still rockin' after more than 30 years
Although Dokken plans on seeing plenty of faces who followed the band in its heyday in the late 1980s, he's also noticed a lot of younger faces ... «The Oshkosh Northwestern, Jul 15»
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Berkeley: Panel event will celebrate book store opening
A city like Berkeley, therefore, has something valuable to preserve, according to Heyday Books founder and longtime resident Malcolm ... «Daily Democrat, Jul 15»

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