holiday

holiday
n.
day set aside for the suspension of business, labor

1) to celebrate, observe a holiday

2) a bank (BE), legal (AE), public; national; religious holiday

period of rest

(esp. BE; AE prefers vacation)

3) to take a holiday

4) to go on holiday

5) a summer holiday

6) a holiday from

7) on holiday (she was away on holiday)

misc.

8) a busman's holiday ('a holiday spent in doing one's usual work') (see the Usage Note for vacation)

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['hɒlɪdɪ]
national
observe a holiday
religious holiday
legal (AE)
['day set aside for the suspension of business, labor'] to celebrate
['period of rest'] (esp. BE; AE prefers vacation) to take a holiday
a summer holiday
a holiday from
to go on holiday
a bank (BE)
['misc. '] a busman's holiday (see the Usage Note for vacation; 'a holiday spent in doing one's usual work')
on holiday (she was away on holiday)

Combinatory dictionary. 2013.

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