- holiday
- noun1 (BrE) period of time away from home for pleasure ⇨ See also ↑vacationADJECTIVE▪ enjoyable, exciting, fun-filled, good, lovely, wonderful▪ disastrous▪
We had a disastrous camping holiday.
▪ dream▪What would be your dream holiday?
▪ foreign, overseas▪ summer, winter▪ 7-night, two-week, etc.▪ package▪ family▪ activity, adventure, camping, skiing▪I learned to windsurf on an activity holiday.
VERB + HOLIDAY▪ go on, have, take▪We're going on holiday to France this summer.
▪Are you having a holiday this year?
▪ book▪Have you booked your summer holiday yet?
▪ cancel▪I got ill and had to cancel my holiday.
HOLIDAY + NOUN▪ destination, resort, venue▪a popular seaside holiday resort
▪ accommodation, cottage, home▪They also have a holiday home at the seaside.
▪ camp, complex, village▪ period, season▪The pool is open throughout the holiday season.
▪ brochure▪ business, company, firm▪The recession hit the package holiday business hard.
▪ insurance▪You should take out holiday insurance before you leave.
▪ arrangements, plans▪ romance▪Their holiday romance turned into a lasting relationship.
▪ photos, snapsPREPOSITION▪ on (a) holiday▪They met while on holiday in Spain.
PHRASES▪ a holiday of a lifetime▪This is your chance to win the holiday of a lifetime.
2 (BrE) period of rest from work/school ⇨ See also ↑vacationADJECTIVE▪ annual, Christmas, Easter, summer▪The school is now closed for the Christmas holidays.
▪ school▪ paidVERB + HOLIDAY▪ be entitled to, get, have▪You are entitled to 24 days' paid holiday per year.
▪I have three weeks' holiday a year.
▪ take▪I'm taking the rest of my holiday in October.
▪ spend▪She spent her holiday decorating the house.
▪ need▪I really need a holiday!
HOLIDAY + NOUN▪ time▪ entitlement▪ pay▪ job▪She had a holiday job as a gardener when she was a student.
PREPOSITION▪ during the holidays▪It can be difficult to keep children occupied during the long summer holidays.
▪ in the holidays▪My aunt's coming to stay in the holidays.
▪ on holiday▪I'm afraid Mr Adamek is on holiday this week.
3 day when people do not go to work/schoolADJECTIVE▪ bank (in the UK), federal (in the US), national, public, religious▪ Christian, Jewish, etc.▪ Christmas, Easter, Labor Day (in the US), Memorial Day (in the US), Thanksgiving (in the US)▪ winter, year-end (both AmE)VERB + HOLIDAY▪ celebrate (esp. AmE)▪I go back a couple of times a year to celebrate the holidays with my family.
▪ spend▪We always spend the holidays together.
HOLIDAY + NOUN▪ break, weekend▪The roads will be busy on Monday as it's a holiday weekend.
▪ season (esp. AmE)▪This holiday season was the worst in 25 years for retailers.
▪ cheer, spirit (both esp. AmE)▪I'm just trying to spread a little holiday cheer.
▪ celebrations, concert, meal, party (all esp. AmE)▪ decorations, gift (both AmE)▪ card (AmE)
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
