ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Holidays

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Holidays is a noun meaning plural of holiday.

Meaning

plural of holiday.

More Meanings

  1. (informal, Ireland) (usually after possessive) holiday, vacation; time off work, especially if spent travelling away from home.
  2. (Canada, US) The season around Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and New Year's Day.
  3. third-person singular simple present indicative of holiday
  4. On holidays.

Example Sentences

We're on our holidays.
Near-synonym: winter holiday
Where will you be spending the holidays?
Where are you going for your holidays this year?

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include vacation, trips, weekends, celebration, festive, leave.

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