holiday

holiday
hol|i|day1 W2S2 [ˈhɔlıdi, -deı US ˈha:lıdeı] n
[: Old English; Origin: haligdAg 'holy day']
1.) [U and C] BrE also holidays
a time of rest from work, school etc
American Equivalent: vacation
▪ The school holidays start tomorrow.
on holiday
▪ I'm away on holiday until the 1st of June.
▪ Won't your business suffer if you take a holiday ?
2.) [U and C] BrE also holidays
a period of time when you travel to another place for pleasure
American Equivalent: vacation
▪ We're going to Spain for our holidays.
▪ He caught malaria while on holiday in Africa.
▪ When are you going on holiday ?
▪ I didn't have a proper holiday this year.
▪ This was his first holiday abroad .
▪ her annual summer holiday
▪ a popular Spanish holiday resort
▪ It was just a harmless holiday romance .
3.)
a day fixed by law on which people do not have to go to work or school
▪ The 4th of July is a national holiday in the US.
4.) the holiday season
the holidays
a) AmE the period between Thanksgiving and New Year
b) BrE the period in the summer when most people take a holiday
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COLLOCATES for sense 2
on holiday
go on holiday also go on your holidays
have/take a holiday
holiday abroad
summer holiday
family holiday
skiing/camping/walking etc holiday
holiday resort (=a place with many hotels where a lot of people go on their holidays)
holiday brochure (=a magazine that advertises holidays)
holiday snaps informal (=photographs taken while on holiday)
holiday romance
GRAMMAR
British English speakers say holiday , not holidays in the structures be on holiday, go on holiday and return/come back from holiday : something to read when you are on holiday (NOT when you are on holidays) | When you come back from holiday, it's hard to work (NOT When you come back from holidays).
Holidays is usually used after the, my, your etc : Soon it will be the holidays. | Where do you want to go for your holidays?
!! Do not say 'be in (your) holidays' or 'go in (your) holidays'. Say go on holiday or go on your holidays or be on holiday or be on your holidays .
!! Do not say 'make a holiday'. Say have a holiday .
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holiday 2
holiday2 v
[i]BrE to spend your holiday in a place - used especially in news reports
American Equivalent: vacationholiday in/at
▪ They're holidaying in Majorca.

Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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