Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - holiday
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Holiday
holiday
~1 n 1 BrE also holidays a time of rest from work, school etc; vacation1 (1) AmE (Everyone at work is ready for a holiday. | The school holidays start on Wednesday. | on (your) holiday) (Jackie's been on holiday for the last two weeks.) 2 BrE also holidays a period of time when you travel to another place for pleasure (We're going to Spain for our holidays. | have a holiday) (I didn't have a proper holiday this year.) 3 a day fixed by law on which people do not have to go to work or school (public holiday) (Martin Luther King Day is now a public holiday in most states. | national holiday) (The 4th of July is a national holiday in the US. | bank holiday BrE) (We're going to Devon for the Bank holiday weekend.) ~2 v BrE to spend your holiday in a place; vacation2 AmE + in/a (They're holidaying in Majorca.)
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(holidays, holidaying, holidayed) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A holiday is a period of time during which you relax and enjoy yourself away from home. People sometimes refer to their holiday as their holidays. (BRIT; in AM, use vacation) We rang Duncan to ask where he was going on holiday... Ischia is a popular seaside holiday resort... We’re going to Scotland for our holidays. N-COUNT: also on/from N 2. A holiday is a day when people do not go to work or school because of a religious or national festival. New Year’s Day is a public holiday throughout Britain... N-COUNT: usu with supp see also bank holiday 3. The holidays are the time when children do not have to go to school. (BRIT; in AM, use vacation) ...the first day of the school holidays. N-PLURAL: usu the N, oft n N 4. If you have a particular number of days’ or weeks’ holiday, you do not have to go to work for that number of days or weeks. (BRIT; in AM, use vacation) Every worker will be entitled to four weeks’ paid holiday a year. N-UNCOUNT 5. If you are holidaying in a place away from home, you are on holiday there. (BRIT; in AM, use vacation) Sampling the local cuisine is one of the delights of holidaying abroad... VERB: oft cont, V prep/adv ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English haligd?g, from halig holy + d?g day Date: before 12th century 1. holy day 2. a day on which one is exempt from work; specifically a day marked by a general suspension of work in commemoration of an event 3. chiefly British vacation — often used in the phrase on ~; often used in plural 4. a period of exemption or relief corporations enjoying a tax ~ II. intransitive verb Date: 1869 to take or spend a ~ especially in travel or at a resort • ~er noun HOLIDAY biographical name Eleanora 1915-1959 Billie American jazz singer ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. --n. 1 esp. Brit. (often in pl.) an extended period of recreation, esp. away from home or in travelling; a break from work (cf. VACATION). 2 a day of festivity or recreation when no work is done, esp. a religious festival etc. 3 (attrib.) (of clothes etc.) festive. --v.intr. esp. Brit. spend a holiday. Phrases and idioms holiday camp Brit. a camp for holiday-makers with accommodation, entertainment, and facilities on site. holiday centre a place with many tourist attractions. holiday-maker esp. Brit. a person on holiday. on holiday (or one's holidays) in the course of one's holiday. take a (or make) holiday have a break from work. Etymology: OE haligd{aelig}g (HOLY, DAY) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) пропуск (в защитном покрытии трубопровода) 2) проф. резин. "плешки" (на прорезиненной ткани) 3) пропуск (в лакокрасочном покрытии или битумной обмазке) ...Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
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сущ. 1) праздник 2) неприсутственный день • - annual holiday - bank holiday HOLIDAY 1. сущ. 1) общ. праздник to celebrate observe a holiday — отмечать праздник national holiday — национальный праздник religious holiday — религиозный праздник See: floating holiday 2) упр. нерабочий неприсутственный, выходной день Sunday is a holiday, with banks closed, in most countries. — Воскресенье в большинстве стран считается выходным днем, и банки по воскресеньям не работают. See: half-holiday, paid holidays, holiday pay, holiday premium, legal holiday, workday 3) упр., часто мн. отпуск; каникулы, вакации, вакация to go on holiday — уходить в отпуск to take a holiday — брать отпуск on holiday — в отпуске; на каникулах summer holidays — летние каникулы to go smwh for one’s holiday — отправиться куда-л. на каникулы Syn: vacation See: leave, holidaymaker, day off 2. гл. общ. отдыхать; проводить отпуск каникулы He is holidaying in Italy. — Он проводит отпуск в Италии. ...Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
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1. праздник; день отдыха, нерабочий, неприсутственный день national holiday —- национальный праздник legal (official, public, bank) holiday —- официальный выходной день; праздник Sunday is a holiday in most countries —- воскресенье является днем отдыха в большинстве стран 2. также pl. отпуск; каникулы, вакации on (a) holiday —- в отпуске; на каникулах summer holidays —- летние каникулы to be away on holiday —- уехать в отпуск (на каникулы) to take a month's holiday —- взять месячный отпуск to take a holiday from housework —- дать себе отдых от домашней работы 3. отдых, развлечение to make holiday —- развлекаться, веселиться, праздновать package holiday —- организованный отдых (преим. туризм) 4. мор. разг. незакрашенное или недосмоленное по недосмотру место Id: blind man's holiday —- сумерки Id: to speak holiday —- уст. выражаться изысканно 5. праздничный holiday clothes —- праздничный наряд; нарядная (парадная) одежда holiday spirit —- праздничное настроение holiday speeches (terms, words) —- пышные фразы 6. отпускной; каникулярный holiday task —- каникулярное задание holiday time (season) —- время летних отпусков; дачный (курортный) сезон holiday camp (centre) —- кемпинг (обыкн. на побережье); туристический лагерь, турбаза 7. проводить отпуск, каникулы и т. п. (особ. на курорте) he is holidaying at the seaside —- он...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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season курортный сезон; время летних отпусков HOLIDAY 1. noun 1) праздник, день отдыха 2) отпуск - months holiday - busmans holiday 3) pl. каникулы 4) attr. праздничный, каникулярный - holiday time - holiday season 2. v. отдыхать, проводить отпуск HOLIDAY time курортный сезон; время летних отпусков ...Англо-русский словарь
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- O.E. haligdжg, from halig "holy" + dжg "day;" in 14c. meaning both "religious festival" and "day of recreation," but pronunciation and sense diverged 16c. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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