Meaning of holiday | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed.
2. A surname.
3. A day declared free from work by the state or government.
4. To pass a holiday or vacation.
5. The holiday season or Christmas season, especially when paired with a year.
   US
6. Billie ( “Lady Day” ), 1915–59, U.S. jazz singer.
   “Lady Day”
7. A period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel; often plural.
   Australia, UK
8. vacation
9. A period during which pupils do not attend their school; often plural; rarely used for students at university (usually: vacation).
   Australia, UK
10. Chiefly British. A regularly scheduled period spent away from work or duty, often in recreation:furlough, leave, vacation.
11. A period during which, by agreement, the usual payments are not made.
12. a person who has gone eg to the seaside for a holiday. vakansieganger شَخْص في عُطْلَه، مُصْطاف летовник veranista rekreant der/die Urlauber(in) ferierende; feriegæst παραθεριστήςveraneante puhkaja کسی که برای تعطیلات گردش می رود lomailija vacancier/-ière נופש सैलानी, अवकाश मनाने वाला osoba na godišnjem odmoru turista orang yang berlibur sá sem fer í frí vacanziere, villeggiante 行楽客 휴가 중인 사람 atostogautojas atpūtnieks orang yang bercuti vakantievierder feriegjest, turist, ferierende wczasowicz...
    eg
13. A gap in coverage, e.g. of paint on a surface, or sonar imagery.
14. not working; having a holiday. Mr Smith has gone on holiday; She is on holiday in France. met vakansie في عُطْلَه във ваканция em férias na dovolené in Ferien på ferie σε διακοπές de vacaciones puhkusel تعطیل بودن lomalla en vacances בְּחוּפשָׁה छुट्टी या अवकाश पर गया व्यक्ति na dopustu (godišnjem odmoru) szabadságon (van) berlibur í fríi in vacanza 休暇中で 휴가 중 atostogose atvaļinājumā bercuti met/op vakantie på ferie na urlopie رخصت اوسیدل em férias în vacanţă в отпуске na dovolenke na počitnic...
15. A day free from work that one may spend at leisure, especially a day on which custom or the law dictates a halting of general business activity to commemorate or celebrate a particular event.
16. A religious feast day; a holy day.
17. Chiefly British A vacation. Often used in the phrase on holiday.
    Chiefly British
18. (often plural) chiefly a. a period in which a break is taken from work or studies for rest, travel, or recreation. US and Canadian word: vacation
    often plural

Equivalents

Examples

“Today is a Wiccan holiday!”

“Monday, January 18, was the holiday celebrating Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday. In the morning I held a reception for the diplomatic representatives of other nations in the inner quadrangle at Georgetown, addressing them from the steps of Old North Building.”

“How much holiday are you allowed?”

“No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or[…]. And at last I began to realize in my harassed soul that all elusion was futile, and to take such holidays as I could get, when he was off with a girl, in a spirit of thankfulness.”

“Climb aboard a butterfly and take off in the breeze. Let your worries flutter by and do the things you please. In the land where dollar bills are falling off the trees. On a dreamer’s holiday.[…]Make it a long vacation. Time, there is plenty of. You need no reservation. Just bring along the one you love.”

“I want to take a French course this summer holiday.”

“a mortgage payment holiday”

“Holiday 2014”

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