Meaning

2 senses
  1. (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.

  2. (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 sentences
  1. The holidays ended all too soon.

    Свята закінчилися аж занадто швидко.

    deDie Ferien waren allzu schnell vorbei.

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  2. Where did you spend your holidays?

    Де ти провів канікули?

    ruГде ты провёл отпуск?

    deWo hast du deinen Urlaub verbracht?

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  3. Where did Tom spend his holidays?

    Де Том провів відпустку?

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  4. I like summer holidays better than school.

    Літні канікули мені подобаються більше, ніж школа.

    ruЛетние каникулы мне нравятся больше, чем школа.

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  5. School has closed for the Christmas holidays.

    Школу закрили на різдвяні канікули.

    deDie Schule bleibt während der Weihnachtsfeiertage geschlossen.

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Translations

3 languages

Forms

plural: holidayses
Singularholidays
Pluralholidayses

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Word family

1 related words

Collocations

5 patterns
  • holidays holidays
  • the holidays holidays
  • summer holidays holidays
  • holidays holidays in
  • your holidays holidays

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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