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Meaning of McDonald's | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/məkˈdɒnəldz/

Definitions

  1. Food from a McDonald's restaurant.
    countable, uncountable
  2. A widespread chain of fast food restaurants.

Equivalents

Examples

“This is evidence of the bank's confidence in a community organization for which it has now financed three ventures (CPI and two McDonald's).”
“Today, blue-movie palaces are as much a part of the suburbs as the wildly proliferating McDonald’ses.”
“The Chinese believe feng shui, pronounced fung shway, can help blunt the ill effects to health and wealth brought on, for example, by the inauspicious jut of an adjacent building or hill. It’s why the doors on Jardine House, headquarters of the colony’s flagship commercial firm, are slightly askew. It’s why property prices in the Shouson Hill area are lower than the ritzy neighborhoods next door. It’s why one McDonald’s used to have a fish tank by the door. Aquariums and mirrors make good ghostbusters.”
“she walked into a job in McDonaldʼs, the first one she applied to”
“I stopped to pick up some McDonald's and traveled up the road a little before pulling over.”
““Darling,” Janelle is standing on the outskirts of the group, listening with amusement, “just because a man has filet mignon at home, doesn't mean he doesn't fancy a McDonald's every now and then.””
“He bought two McDonald's in a bag and took them to the Social Services place.”
“2014, May 22, Don Thompson, quoted in "McDonald's CEO insists fast-food giant pays 'fair wages' as protesters rally", The Guardian My parents eat McDonald’s and they are here today – they are quite healthy.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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