holidays
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Definitions ofholidays
- A day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed.
Synonyms: "feast day"
Example: "Today is a Wiccan holiday!"
- A day declared free from work by the state or government.
Synonyms: "bank holiday", "national holiday"
- A period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel; often plural.
- A period during which pupils do not attend their school; often plural; rarely used for students at university (usually: vacation).
Synonyms: vacation
Example: "I want to take a French course this summer holiday."
- A period during which, by agreement, the usual payments are not made.
Example: "a mortgage payment holiday"
- A gap in coverage, e.g. of paint on a surface, or sonar imagery.
Synonyms: lacuna
- To take a period of time away from work or study.
- To spend a period of time for travel.
- (usually after possessive) holiday, vacation; time off work, especially if spent travelling away from home
- The season around Christmas, Hanukkah, and New Year's Day.
Example: "Where will you be spending the holidays?"
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