furlough

1. 1.

   a temporary leave of absence from military duty

   Broaderleave

Other forms of furlough

plural

furloughs·

past tense

furloughed·

present participle

furloughing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about furlough

What does furlough mean?

furlough means "dismiss, usually for economic reasons". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in furlough?

furlough has 2 syllables: fur-lough. The stress falls on "fur". In IPA it is /ˈfɝloʊ/.

What is another word for furlough?

Close synonyms include lay off. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is furlough a common word?

furlough is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.