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Vacation

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Noun

1. holiday, vacation

leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure

Example Sentences:
'we get two weeks of vacation every summer'
'we took a short holiday in Puerto Rico'

2. vacation

the act of making something legally void

Verb

3. holiday, vacation

spend or take a vacation

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Vacation

see synonyms of vacation
noun
1. mainly British
a period of the year when the law courts or universities are closed
2. mainly US and Canadian
a period in which a break is taken from work or studies for rest, travel, or recreation
. Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): holiday
3. 
the act of departing from or abandoning property, etc
verb
4. (intransitive) US and Canadian
to take a vacation; holiday

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Vacation

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noun
1. 
freedom from any activity; rest; respite; intermission
2.  US
a period of rest and freedom from work, study, etc.; time of recreation, usually a specific interval in a year
3.  Rare
the act of making vacant
4.  Law
a formal recess between terms of a court
verb intransitive
5. 
to take a vacation
6. 
to spend one's vacation
to vacation in Maine

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Vacation

see synonyms of vacation
n.
1. A period of time devoted to pleasure, rest, or relaxation, especially one with pay granted to an employee.
2.
a. A holiday.
b. A fixed period of holidays, especially one during which a school, court, or business suspends activities.
3. The act or an instance of vacating.
intr.v. va·ca·tioned, va·ca·tion·ing, va·ca·tions
To take or spend a vacation.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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