vacation

Definition

  • noun: a period of time that a person spends away from home, school, or business usually in order to relax or travel
  • noun: a respite or a time of respite from something
  • verb: to go somewhere during a vacation
  • verb: to take or spend a vacation
  • often used in the phrase 'on vacation'
  • synonyms: intermission, rest, leisure

Examples

  • All employees are given three weeks 'vacation'. [=they will be paid for 15 days that they do not work per year]

  • His parents have a beautiful 'vacation home' [=a house that someone lives in during vacations] by the lake.

  • She spent most of her 'long vacations' [=summer vacations] at her parents' house.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Oh, please pull it. Please do it. You know what, it'll save us so much time. Well, raise your hand if you're thoroughly disenchanted with our little pleasant Earth vacation. So, who's the stowaways? Oh, whoa, hey, what's with the gun? Stop. Hound, both of you. They've risked their lives for mine. (..)
    2014 Transformers: Age of Extinction