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holiday

Definition

  • noun: a special day of celebration
  • noun: a day on which one is exempt from work
  • verb: to spend a holiday in or at a particular place
  • verb: to take or spend a holiday especially in travel or at a resort
  • often used before another noun
  • synonyms: vacation, cheerful, joyous

Examples

  • Do you have any plans for the 'holiday weekend'? [=a weekend that is preceded or followed by a holiday]

  • She spent two weeks 'on holiday' [=('US') 'on vacation'] in Italy.

  • The stock market is closed tomorrow because it's a 'holiday'.

Movie quotes

  • (..) - Was that Santiago? Aye, it was. For the first time this season, Van der Merwe has a decision to make. and Gavin appears to have been on his holidays this season. You're talking five million for the boy. At the moment, it doesn't look like he's worth a fiver to me. - Hey. (..)
    2007 Goal II: Living the Dream