holiday
♦♦ holi|day /h'ɒlɪdei/ (holidays holidaying holidayed)
1 [N-COUNT] also on/from N
A holiday is a period of time during which you relax and enjoy yourself away from home. People sometimes refer to their holiday as their holidays. (BRIT; in AM, use vacation)
We rang Duncan to ask where he was going on holiday...
Ischia is a popular seaside holiday resort...
We're going to Scotland for our holidays.
2 [N-COUNT] usu with supp
A holiday is a day when people do not go to work or school because of a religious or national festival.
New Year's Day is a public holiday throughout Britain...
see also bank holiday
3 [N-PLURAL] usu the N, oft n N
The holidays are the time when children do not have to go to school. (BRIT; in AM, use vacation)
...the first day of the school holidays.
4 [N-UNCOUNT]
If you have a particular number of days' or weeks' holiday, you do not have to go to work for that number of days or weeks. (BRIT; in AM, use vacation)
Every worker will be entitled to four weeks' paid holiday a year.
5 [VERB] oft cont, V prep/adv
If you are holidaying in a place away from home, you are on holiday there. (BRIT; in AM, use vacation)
Sampling the local cuisine is one of the delights of holidaying abroad...bank holi|day (bank holidays)
[N-COUNT]
A bank holiday is a public holiday. (BRIT; in AM, usually use national holiday)bus|man's holi|day /b'ʌsmənz h'ɒlɪdeɪ/
[N-SING]
If you have a holiday, but spend it doing something similar to your usual work, you can refer to it as a busman's holiday.holi|day camp (holiday camps)
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In Britain, a holiday camp is a place which provides holiday accommodation and entertainment for large numbers of people.holi|day rep (holiday reps)
[N-COUNT]
A holiday rep is someone employed by a holiday company to help look after people when they are on holiday. (BRIT)
= travel rep, tour rep
1 [N-COUNT] also on/from N
A holiday is a period of time during which you relax and enjoy yourself away from home. People sometimes refer to their holiday as their holidays. (BRIT; in AM, use vacation)
We rang Duncan to ask where he was going on holiday...
Ischia is a popular seaside holiday resort...
We're going to Scotland for our holidays.
2 [N-COUNT] usu with supp
A holiday is a day when people do not go to work or school because of a religious or national festival.
New Year's Day is a public holiday throughout Britain...
see also bank holiday
3 [N-PLURAL] usu the N, oft n N
The holidays are the time when children do not have to go to school. (BRIT; in AM, use vacation)
...the first day of the school holidays.
4 [N-UNCOUNT]
If you have a particular number of days' or weeks' holiday, you do not have to go to work for that number of days or weeks. (BRIT; in AM, use vacation)
Every worker will be entitled to four weeks' paid holiday a year.
5 [VERB] oft cont, V prep/adv
If you are holidaying in a place away from home, you are on holiday there. (BRIT; in AM, use vacation)
Sampling the local cuisine is one of the delights of holidaying abroad...bank holi|day (bank holidays)
[N-COUNT]
A bank holiday is a public holiday. (BRIT; in AM, usually use national holiday)bus|man's holi|day /b'ʌsmənz h'ɒlɪdeɪ/
[N-SING]
If you have a holiday, but spend it doing something similar to your usual work, you can refer to it as a busman's holiday.holi|day camp (holiday camps)
[N-COUNT]
In Britain, a holiday camp is a place which provides holiday accommodation and entertainment for large numbers of people.holi|day rep (holiday reps)
[N-COUNT]
A holiday rep is someone employed by a holiday company to help look after people when they are on holiday. (BRIT)
= travel rep, tour rep