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Holiday

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Noun

1. holiday, vacation

leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure

Example Sentences:
'we get two weeks of vacation every summer'
'we took a short holiday in Puerto Rico'

2. holiday

a day on which work is suspended by law or custom

Example Sentences:
'no mail is delivered on federal holidays'
'it's a good thing that New Year's was a holiday because everyone had a hangover'

Verb

3. holiday, vacation

spend or take a vacation

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Holiday

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noun
1. (often plural) mainly British
a. 
a period in which a break is taken from work or studies for rest, travel, or recreation
. US and Canadian word: vacation
b. 
(as modifier)
a holiday mood
2. 
a day on which work is suspended by law or custom, such as a religious festival, bank holiday, etc
▶ Related adjective: ferial
verb
3. (intransitive) mainly British
to spend a holiday
noun
Billie. real name Eleanora Fagan; known as Lady Day. 1915–59, US jazz singer

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Holiday

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Billie(born Eleonora Fagan Holiday) 1915-59; U.S. jazz singer
also called Lady Day
noun
1. 
holy day
2. 
a day of freedom from labor; day set aside for leisure and recreation
3.  [often pl.] Chiefly British
a period of leisure or recreation; vacation
4. 
a day set aside by law or custom for the suspension of business, usually in commemoration of some event
adjective
5. 
of or suited to a holiday; joyous; merry
the holiday spirit
verb intransitive
6.  Chiefly British
to take a vacation or vacation trip

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Holiday

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American singer. The emotional intensity of her performances made Holiday the leading female jazz vocalist of her time.
n.
1. A day free from work that one may spend at leisure, especially a day on which custom or the law dictates a halting of general business activity to commemorate or celebrate a particular event.
2. A religious feast day; a holy day.
3. Chiefly British A vacation. Often used in the phrase on holiday.
intr.v. holi·dayed, holi·day·ing, holi·days
Chiefly British
To pass a holiday or vacation.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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