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# holiday

noun (holiday, holidays); verb (holiday, holidays, holidayed, holidaying — mostly British)

«holiday» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A holiday is a day when people do not go to school or work, often because of a special event, like a public holiday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/holiday/#m1)
2. A holiday is a trip you take for fun and rest, away from home (in American English this is a vacation). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/holiday/#m2)
3. The holidays are a longer time off school, like the summer holidays. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/holiday/#m3)

### In the lessons

In maths, a span of days or weeks counted (days left, days per week), or money spent on a trip (cost per day, per person). In everyday life: school holidays, public holidays, going on holiday to the beach, packing a suitcase. In safety: sun cream and swimming rules on holiday. In stories, a holiday is often where an adventure happens. Phrases: «on holiday», «go on holiday», «the summer holidays», «a public holiday», «holiday homework».

### Examples

- The holiday lasts 14 days. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/holiday/#x1)
- They spent 300 dollars on holiday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/holiday/#x2)
- She read 2 books a week during the holidays. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/holiday/#x3)
- How many days of the holiday are left? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/holiday/#x4)
- We are going on holiday to the seaside. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/holiday/#x5)
- Monday is a public holiday, so there is no school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/holiday/#x6)
- In the summer holidays we went camping. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/holiday/#x7)
- He sent us a postcard from his holiday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/holiday/#x8)
- Thanksgiving is a big holiday in the USA and Canada. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/holiday/#x9)
- On all their holidays, the Pygmies had excellent sport with Antaeus. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/holiday/#x10)

### Note

Countable: a holiday, two holidays. «On holiday» (British) = «on vacation» (American); in the USA «the holidays» often means the winter festive time. A time span: days per week, days left, money per day. Trap: «2 weeks of holiday» must be changed to 14 days when the rate is per day. A week is 7 days.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «holiday» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/holiday/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«holiday» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/holiday.html) on Mova free.