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holidays

noun

  1. plural plural of holiday

noun

  1. Ireland, informal, plural, plural only (usually after possessive) holiday, vacation; time off work, especially if spent travelling away from home. Where are you going for your holidays this year?
  2. Canada, US, plural, plural only The season around Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and New Year's Day. Near-synonym: winter holiday

    Similar: winter holiday

verb

  1. indicative, present, singular, third person third-person singular simple present indicative of holiday

adverb

  1. not comparable On holidays.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: vacation, trips, weekends, days, celebration, festive, leave, break, wai, noël, christmas, summer, vacancy, claus, absences, breaks

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noun the season

Españolnavidades, feriados, fiestas
FrançaisFêtes

adv On holidays

Deutschfeiertags

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"holidays." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/holidays. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{holidays_2026,
  title = {holidays},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/holidays},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}