(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
A ~ is a period of time during which you relax and enjoy yourself away from home. People sometimes refer to their ~ as their ~s. (BRIT; in AM, use vacation )
We rang Duncan to ask where he was going on ~...
Ischia is a popular seaside ~ resort...
We’re going to Scotland for our ~s.
N-COUNT: also on/from N
2.
A ~ 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 ~ throughout Britain...
N-COUNT: usu with supp
see also bank ~
3.
The ~s are the time when children do not have to go to school. (BRIT; in AM, use vacation )
...the first day of the school ~s.
N-PLURAL: usu the N, oft n N
4.
If you have a particular number of days’ or weeks’ ~, 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 ~ a year.
N-UNCOUNT
5.
If you are ~ing in a place away from home, you are on ~ there. (BRIT; in AM, use vacation )
Sampling the local cuisine is one of the delights of ~ing abroad...
VERB: oft cont, V prep/adv