holidays
holidays is the plural of holiday.
holidays is the third-person singular simple present indicative of holiday.
Noun
holidays pl (plural only)
- (usually after possessive) holiday, vacation; time off work, especially if spent travelling away from home.
- Where are you going for your holidays this year?
- We're on our holidays.
- The season around Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and New Year's Day.
- Near-synonym: winter holiday
- Where will you be spending the holidays?
- Synonyms:
- winter holiday
Meaning of holiday
Noun
holiday (plural holidays)
- A day on which a religious event or secular celebration is traditionally observed.
- Near-synonyms: holy day, feast day, festival (feast day sense)
- A day declared free from work by the state or government.
- Synonyms:
- bank holiday, national holiday, day off, off day
- A period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel; often plural.
- How much holiday are you allowed?
- Synonyms:
- leave, time off, vacation, annual leave, break, day off, getaway, leave of absence, pause, recess
- A period during which pupils do not attend their school; often plural; rarely used for students at university (usually: vacation).
- I want to take a French course this summer holiday.
- Synonyms:
- vacation
- A period during which, by agreement, the usual payments are not made.
- a mortgage payment holiday
- A gap in coverage, e.g. of paint on a surface, or sonar imagery.
- Synonyms:
- lacuna
Adverb
holidays (not comparable)
- On holidays.
Synonyms of holidays
Words formed from holidays
Phrases with holidays
- bank holidays
- drug holidays
- High Holidays
- stat holidays
- legal holidays
- Roman holidays
- public holidays
- school holidays
- winter holidays
- package holidays
- busman's holidays
- busmen's holidays
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Questions about holidays
- What does holidays mean?
- Holidays means (usually after possessive) holiday, vacation; time off work, especially if spent travelling away from home.
- What is holidays the plural of?
- Holidays is the plural of holiday.
- What part of speech is holidays?
- Holidays can be a noun or an adverb.
Words near holidays in the dictionary
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