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 Definitions of Holiday  [ˈhɒl ɪˌdeɪ]  

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Definition of 'Holiday' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) holiday
a day fixed by law or custom on which ordinary business is suspended in commemoration of some event or in honor of some person.

2.  holiday
any day of exemption from work.

3.  holiday
a period of exemption from burden:
a holiday from worry.

4.  holiday
a religious festival; holy day.

5.  holiday
Sometimes, holidays.Chiefly Brit.

6. (adj.) holiday
festive; joyous:
a holiday mood.

7.  holiday
suitable for a holiday:
holiday attire.

8. (v.i.) holiday
to vacation.

9. (n.) Holiday
Billie (“Lady Day”), 1915–59, U.S. jazz singer.


Definition of 'Holiday' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) vacation, holiday
leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure
"we get two weeks of vacation every summer"; "we took a short holiday in Puerto Rico"

2. (verb) holiday
a day on which work is suspended by law or custom
"no mail is delivered on federal holidays"; "it's a good thing that New Year's was a holiday because everyone had a hangover"

3. (verb) vacation, holiday
spend or take a vacation


Definition of 'Holiday' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) holiday
a special day when people do not have to go to work
a public holiday; Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday.

2.  holiday
vacation
Where are you going on holiday?; the summer/Easter/Christmas holidays


Definition of 'Holiday' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) Holiday
of or pertaining to a festival; cheerful; joyous; gay

2. (adj) Holiday
occurring rarely; adapted for a special occasion

3. (noun) Holiday
a consecrated day; religious anniversary; a day set apart in honor of some person, or in commemoration of some event. See Holyday

4. (noun) Holiday
a day of exemption from labor; a day of amusement and gayety; a festival day

5. (noun) Holiday
a day fixed by law for suspension of business; a legal holiday


Translation of 'Holiday' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a day when one does not have to work
Next Monday is a holiday.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: vakansiedag Arabic flag Arabic: يوم عُطْلَه، عيد Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: почивен ден
Brazilian flag Brazilian: feriado Czech flag Czech: volný den German flag German: der Ferientag
Danish flag Danish: helligdag; feriedag Greek flag Greek: αργία, γιορτή Spanish flag Spanish: fiesta, día festivo
Estonian flag Estonian: puhkepäev Farsi flag Farsi: روز تعطيل Finnish flag Finnish: vapaapäivä
French flag French: (jour de) congé; jour fér Hebrew flag Hebrew: חוּפשָׁה Hindi flag Hindi: अवकाश
Croatian flag Croatian: blagdan, slobodan dan Hungarian flag Hungarian: munkaszüneti nap Indonesian flag Indonesian: libur
Icelandic flag Icelandic: frídagur Italian flag Italian: giorno festivo Japanese flag Japanese: 休日
Korean flag Korean: 휴일 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: poilsio diena,šventė Latvian flag Latvian: svētki; brīvdiena
Malay flag Malay: cuti Dutch flag Dutch: vrije dag Norwegian flag Norwegian: helligdag, fridag, ferie
Polish flag Polish: święto Persian flag Persian: روز تعطيل Pashto flag Pashto: د رخصتی ورځ
Portuguese flag Portuguese: feriado Romanian flag Romanian: zi de sărbătoare Russian flag Russian: выходной день
Slovak flag Slovak: voľný deň Slovenian flag Slovenian: praznik Serbian flag Serbian: dan odmora
Swedish flag Swedish: helgdag, fridag, lovdag Thai flag Thai: วันหยุด Turkish flag Turkish: tatil (günü)
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 假日 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: свято; вихідний день Urdu flag Urdu: چھٹی کا دن
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: ngày nghỉ Chinese flag Chinese: 假日

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