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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 ).
- 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/ ˈhɒlɪˌdeɪ /
noun
- HolidayBillie19151959FUSMUSIC: jazz singer Billie. real name Eleanora Fagan; known as Lady Day. 1915–59, US jazz singer
holiday
2/ -dɪ; ˈhɒlɪˌdeɪ /
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 Words From
- pre·holi·day adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of holiday1
Idioms and Phrases
see busman's holiday .Example Sentences
He’s been on a much-needed holiday with his family before returning home to Lisbon.
He is going to declare a holiday in his own honor.
"You have discussions with your mates about saving for a holiday or saving to move out but unfortunately I'm saving to the pay the service charge," he said.
Speaking in the House of Commons, Madders said: "Bereavement is not an illness, it's not a holiday and it does need its own special category."
“As we approach the Jewish holiday of Purim, our community remembers and celebrates the lessons of the holiday: that we are stronger united than when we are divided.”
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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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