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

  • (..) Mum says this is no place for children, which is just stupid. - When do you go? - Tomorrow. After lunch. So, I won't ever see you again? Yes, you will. You can come on holiday to Berlin if you like, when everybody's getting on with each other again. I wish I could've helped you find your dad. (..)
    2008 The Boy in the Striped Pajamas