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holiday
1[ hol-i-dey ]
noun
- a day fixed by law or custom on which ordinary business is suspended in commemoration of some event or in honor of some person.
- any day of exemption from work ( working day ).
Synonyms: ,
- a time or period of exemption from any requirement, duty, assessment, etc.:
New businesses may be granted a one-year tax holiday.
- Sometimes holidays. Chiefly British. a period of cessation from work or one of recreation; vacation.
- an unintentional gap left on a plated, coated, or painted surface.
adjective
- of or relating to a festival; festive; joyous:
a holiday mood.
- suitable for a holiday:
holiday attire.
verb (used without object)
- Chiefly British. to vacation:
to holiday at the seaside.
Holiday
2[ hol-i-dey ]
noun
- Billie Lady Day, 1915–59, U.S. jazz singer.
Holiday
1/ ˈɒɪˌɪ /
noun
- HolidayBillie19151959FUSMUSIC: jazz singer Billie. real name Eleanora Fagan; known as Lady Day. 1915–59, US jazz singer
holiday
2/ -dɪ; ˈɒɪˌɪ /
noun
- often plural
- a period in which a break is taken from work or studies for rest, travel, or recreation US and Canadian wordvacation
- ( as modifier )
a holiday mood
- a day on which work is suspended by law or custom, such as a religious festival, bank holiday, etc ferial
verb
- intr to spend a holiday
Other Word Forms
- ·DZi·岹 adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of holiday1
Idioms and Phrases
see busman's holiday .Example Sentences
O'Neill had cut short a family holiday so that plans could be made to attend the funeral.
He used the money to pay for a holiday to Blackpool before being tracked down by police.
The best friend of a woman who died from methanol poisoning on holiday has called on the government to do more to educate teenagers in schools about the dangers of drinking alcohol abroad.
An Indian naval officer on honeymoon, a tourist guide who was the sole breadwinner for his family, and a businessman holidaying with his wife and children were among the victims.
Trump will likely call this holiday something like “American Freedom Day.”
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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