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vacation
noun /veɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/Definition
A1 [C or U] US a holiday, especially when you are travelling away from home for pleasure: We're taking a vacation in June. They went to Europe on vacation. I've still got some vacation left before the end of the year.Tourism and holidaysHotels and hostelsTime off work › [C] mainly US (UK informal vac) a period of the year when schools or colleges are closed, or when law courts do not operate: the Christmas/Easter/summer/long vacationNot going to school vacation
verb [I] US › Remember that time we were vacationing in Vermont?Tourism and holidaysHotels and hostelsTime off work
(Definition of vacation noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- bank holiday noun
- Boxing Day noun
- break noun (INTERRUPTION)
- career break noun
- compassionate leave noun
- downtime noun
- early-closing day noun
- furlough noun
- holiday verb
- leave noun (HOLIDAY)
- maternity leave noun
- public holiday noun
- recess noun (PAUSE)
- retreat noun (POSITION)
- sabbatical noun
- sick day noun
- sick leave noun
- take sth off phrasal verb (NOT WORK)
- tea break noun
- weekend noun
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