vacation

vacation
noun ⇨ See also ↑holiday
1 (AmE) period of time away from home for pleasure
ADJECTIVE
▪ summer, winter
▪

The sisters are on summer vacation with their family.

▪ annual
▪ three-day, two-week, etc.
▪ month-long, week-long, etc.
▪ extended, long
▪

I may go on an extended vacation to Bermuda.

▪ little, short
▪

She needed a little vacation to clear her head.

▪ all-inclusive
▪ family
▪ beach, cruise, golf, ski
▪ exotic, tropical
▪ Caribbean, European, etc.
▪ great, nice
▪ relaxing
▪ dream, perfect
▪

A Nile cruise is high on my list of dream vacations.

▪ well-deserved
▪ working
▪

The President cut short his working vacation by two days.

▪ real
▪

He hadn't taken a real vacation in years.

VERB + VACATION
▪ get, go on, have, take
▪

She took a well-deserved vacation to Mexico.

▪ spend
▪

She was going to spend her vacation in Hawaii all by herself.

▪ come back from, get back from, return from
▪ plan
▪ book
▪ cancel
▪ could use, need
▪ enjoy
▪ ruin
▪

I hope the bad weather didn't ruin your vacation.

VACATION + NOUN
▪ trip
▪ destination, resort, spot
▪

Orlando is a popular vacation resort for British tourists.

▪ cottage, home, house, property, villa
▪ plans
▪ photos, pictures
▪ season
PREPOSITION
▪ on vacation
2 (esp. AmE) period of rest from work/school
ADJECTIVE
▪ school
▪ paid
▪

Military personnel receive a month of paid vacation.

▪ spring, summer, winter
▪ annual
▪ month-long, week-long, etc.
▪ one-month, two-week, etc.
▪

Students had a two-week vacation at the end of December.

▪ long
▪

The long summer vacation breaks the rhythm of instruction.

VERB + VACATION
▪ use
VACATION + NOUN
▪ day, leave, time
▪

Employees no longer have a fixed number of vacation days.

▪

I wasn't able to use all of my vacation time last year.

▪

I have put in for vacation time.

▪ pay
PREPOSITION
▪ on vacation

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