holiday

Time away from work for rest or pleasure, often spent travelling.

• We need a holiday.
• She spent her holiday by the sea.
• How much holiday do you get each year?

How to use it: on holiday (We’re on holiday in Greece.); a holiday in somewhere (They booked a holiday in Spain.)

Similar words: vacation, break

Common phrases: on holiday, take a holiday, holiday abroad

A day for celebrating an important event, when people often do not work or attend school.

• Monday is a public holiday.
• The shops close for the holiday.
• Which holidays do people celebrate in your country?

Similar words: festival

Common phrases: public holiday, national holiday, religious holiday

A period when schools are closed and children do not attend lessons.

• The summer holiday starts tomorrow.
• Children return to school after the holiday.
• We visited our cousins during the Easter holidays.

Similar words: school break, vacation

Common phrases: school holiday, summer holiday, holiday homework

To spend time away from work or study for rest or pleasure.

• We holiday abroad every summer.
• They holidayed on the coast last year.
• Are you holidaying with your family?

How to use it: holiday in somewhere (They holiday in Italy every year.); holiday with someone (We holidayed with our cousins.)

Similar words: vacation

Common phrases: holiday abroad, holiday in somewhere, holiday with someone