Vacation meaning in English

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Definition

a vacation (US), a holiday (UK): a break, leisure time away from work noun
to go on vacation: to go to another place for a short period of time (usually for rest and pleasure) idiom

Examples

  • "I am going on vacation tomorrow with some of my old cheerleading squad."
  • "Ask Cheryl how her vacation in Myanmar went"
  • "I telephoned to cancel the vacation, and all I received was abuse!"
  • "I believe he said something about financial deadlines, or a ski vacation, I can't remember."
  • "As you can see, the first part of my talk is called: "Doris and Bernie's vacation photos, Greece 2004"?"
  • "Susie : Excuse me, Miss Stake, but these aren't vacations."
  • "I promised her that I would bring Democracy, her daughter, to a small country... like on vacation."
  • "2 weeks' paid vacation"
  • "So, where are you going on vacation?"
  • "I'm not here right now because I'm on vacation, yippee, until - until August 15th."
  • "Brent : So Oklahoma isn't a good destination for the next Vanderplop family vacation, is it Candy?"
  • "Philip : Vacation?"
  • "How was your vacation in Iceland?"

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