vacation

vacation
va|ca|tion1 W3S2 [vəˈkeıʃən US veı-] n
[Date: 1300-1400; : Old French; Origin: Latin vacatio 'freedom', from vacare; VACANT]
1.) [U and C] especially AmE a holiday, or time spent not working
on vacation
▪ They're on vacation for the next two weeks.
▪ I'm going on vacation tomorrow.
▪ We're hoping to take a vacation at the end of July.
▪ his summer vacation at Martha's Vineyard
▪ Luke was forced to cancel the family vacation to Acapulco.
▪ the Caribbean vacation spot of Cancun, Mexico
2.) [U] especially AmE the number of days, weeks etc that you are allowed as paid holiday by your employer
▪ How much vacation do you get at your new job?
▪ I think I have four vacation days left.
▪ Employees are entitled to four-weeks' paid vacation annually.
3.) BrE
one of the periods of time when universities are closed
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COLLOCATES for sense 1
on (a) vacation
go on (a) vacation
take/have a vacation
summer vacation
Christmas vacation
family vacation
two-week/three-day etc vacation
vacation spot (=a place where a lot of people go on vacation)
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vacation 2
vacation2 v [i]American English
to go somewhere for a holiday
vacation in/at
▪ The Bernsteins are vacationing in Europe.

Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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