as in vacation
a period during which the usual routine of school or work is suspended
the member of parliament met his wife while on holiday in the south of France
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as in to vacation
to take or spend a vacation
saw kangaroos while holidaying in Australia
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Recent Examples of holiday
Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 21 Feb. 2025
The project is her first collection of songs since her 2009 holiday album, Happy Christmas.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 21 Feb. 2025
Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 13 May 2024
Here’s how to outsource your way to holiday happiness in 2024.
—Lucy Alexander, Robb Report, 17 Dec. 2023
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Noun
The mayor gave the school children a holiday and the railroads ran excursion trains so that the people might see a human being burned to death.
—Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 21 Feb. 2025
The project is her first collection of songs since her 2009 holiday album, Happy Christmas.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 21 Feb. 2025
Verb
The two have over the years holidayed together in Siberia, with the Kremlin flaunting the photos of the two hiking and horse-riding together.
—Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 13 May 2024
Here’s how to outsource your way to holiday happiness in 2024.
—Lucy Alexander, Robb Report, 17 Dec. 2023
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“Holiday.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/holiday. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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