holidays
holiday, vacation; time off work, especially if spent travelling away from home(usually after possessive) holiday, vacation; time off work, especially if spent travelling away from home.
» The holidays ended all too soon.
Die Ferien waren allzu schnell vorbei.
Свята закінчилися аж занадто швидко.
Meaning
2 senses(Ireland, informal, plural, plural only)(usually after possessive) holiday, vacation; time off work, especially if spent travelling away from home.
Where are you going for your holidays this year?
We're on our holidays.
(Canada, US, plural, plural only)The season around Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and New Year's Day.
Near-synonym: winter holiday
Where will you be spending the holidays?
Examples
346 sentencesThe holidays ended all too soon.
Свята закінчилися аж занадто швидко.
deDie Ferien waren allzu schnell vorbei.
Where did you spend your holidays?
Де ти провів канікули?
ruГде ты провёл отпуск?
deWo hast du deinen Urlaub verbracht?
Where did Tom spend his holidays?
Де Том провів відпустку?
I like summer holidays better than school.
Літні канікули мені подобаються більше, ніж школа.
ruЛетние каникулы мне нравятся больше, чем школа.
School has closed for the Christmas holidays.
Школу закрили на різдвяні канікули.
deDie Schule bleibt während der Weihnachtsfeiertage geschlossen.
Translations
3 languagesForms
plural: holidayses| Singular | holidays |
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Synonyms
1 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsCollocations
5 patterns- holidays holidays
- the holidays holidays
- summer holidays holidays
- holidays holidays in
- your holidays holidays