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A．meaning shiftB．widening of meaningC．narrowing of mean……

The word holiday originally meant holy day; but now the word signifies any day on which we don't have to work. This is an example of______.

A．meaning shift
B．widening of meaning
C．narrowing of meaning
D．loss of meaning

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