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holiday

1

[ hol-i-dey ]

noun

  1. a day fixed by law or custom on which ordinary business is suspended in commemoration of some event or in honor of some person.
  2. any day of exemption from work ( working day ).

    Synonyms: ,

  3. a time or period of exemption from any requirement, duty, assessment, etc.:

    New businesses may be granted a one-year tax holiday.

  4. a religious feast day; holy day, especially any of several usually commemorative holy days observed in Judaism.
  5. Sometimes holidays. Chiefly British. a period of cessation from work or one of recreation; vacation.
  6. an unintentional gap left on a plated, coated, or painted surface.


adjective

  1. of or relating to a festival; festive; joyous:

    a holiday mood.

  2. suitable for a holiday:

    holiday attire.

verb (used without object)

  1. Chiefly British. to vacation:

    to holiday at the seaside.

Holiday

2

[ hol-i-dey ]

noun

  1. Billie Lady Day, 1915–59, U.S. jazz singer.

Holiday

1

/ ˈ³óÉ’±ôɪˌ»å±ðɪ /

noun

  1. HolidayBillie19151959FUSMUSIC: jazz singer Billie. real name Eleanora Fagan; known as Lady Day. 1915–59, US jazz singer
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holiday

2

/ -dɪ; ˈ³óÉ’±ôɪˌ»å±ðɪ /

noun

  1. often plural
    1. a period in which a break is taken from work or studies for rest, travel, or recreation US and Canadian wordvacation
    2. ( 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 ferial
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verb

  1. intr to spend a holiday
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of holiday1

First recorded before 950; Middle English; Old English ³óÄå±ô¾±²µ»åæ²µ; equivalent to holy + day
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of holiday1

Old English ³óÄå±ô¾±²µ»åæ²µ, literally: holy day
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Idioms and Phrases

see busman's holiday .
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Sometimes the money pays for holiday parties or exercise equipment, but it has also been used to acquire cutting-edge police equipment and technology not covered in the department’s annual multibillion-dollar budget.

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The major Jewish holiday celebrates the exodus of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt and so has special poignancy for the freed hostages and those still captive in Gaza, like Eitan.

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The tariffs also came suddenly and at a critical time, when retailers are making decisions about what to order for the fall and holiday shopping season, something that is done months in advance.

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The victims were from the Nottingham area and had been "excited to be spending the first weekend of the holidays together", their family said in a tribute released on Sunday.

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"It has followed me wherever I go. One time, I was returning from a family holiday in Greece when it started as we boarded the plane."

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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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