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vacation

[ vey-key-shuhn, vuh- ]

noun

  1. a period of suspension of work, study, or other activity, usually used for rest, recreation, or travel; recess or holiday:

    Schoolchildren are on vacation now.

  2. a part of the year, regularly set aside, when normal activities of law courts, legislatures, etc., are suspended.
  3. freedom or release from duty, business, or activity.
  4. an act or instance of vacating.


verb (used without object)

  1. to take or have a vacation:

    to vacation in the Caribbean.

vacation

/ 惫蓹藞办别瑟蕛蓹苍 /

noun

  1. a period of the year when the law courts or universities are closed
  2. 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
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. intr to take a vacation; holiday
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 惫补藞肠补迟颈辞苍濒别蝉蝉, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 惫补路肠补顎僼颈辞苍路别谤 惫补路肠补顎僼颈辞苍路颈蝉迟 noun
  • 惫补路肠补顎僼颈辞苍路濒别蝉蝉 adjective
  • 尘颈苍顎僫路惫补路肠补顎卼颈辞苍 noun
  • 辫谤别顎卾补路肠补顎僼颈辞苍 noun adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of vacation1

First recorded in 1350鈥1400; from Latin 惫补肠腻迟颈艒苍-, stem of 惫补肠腻迟颈艒 鈥渇reedom from something鈥; equivalent to vacate + -ion; replacing Middle English vacacioun, from Anglo-French
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of vacation1

C14: from Latin 惫补肠腻迟颈艒 freedom, from 惫补肠腻谤别 to be empty
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The story is that at the end of the 鈥淭hree Lock Box鈥 tour, I took my family on a wonderful vacation to Egypt, Africa, Sardinia, all these gorgeous places.

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In an infamous case of mistaken arrest, a Canadian citizen named Maher Arar was detained by the FBI at JFK Airport in New York while on his way home from a vacation in Tunisia.

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"Cancel vacations, cancel other appointments," she said, adding: "I expect all hands on deck."

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Rob didn鈥檛 skip a beat getting into vacation mode and was keen to get the party started, while I needed a moment to shake off my fatigue and transition into feeling romantic.

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They are also worried about businesses canceling conferences and cutting travel expenses, and families forgoing vacations because of heightening economic pressures.

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