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holiday
What does holiday mean?
holiday (noun): leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you pronounce holiday?
/ˈhɑləˌdeɪ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does holiday come from?
From Middle English halyday, holyday, halidei, haliȝdei, from Old English hāliġdæġ (“holy day, Sabbath”), equivalent to holy + day.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of holiday?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
Test yourself: do you know “holiday”?
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What does “holiday” mean?
a path or course laid out for a race, for exercise, etc
Not quite: that's what track means.
a series of lectures or lessons in a particular subject
Not quite: that's what course means.
leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure
Right! That's what “holiday” means.
a written message addressed to a person or organization
Not quite: that's what letter means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “holiday”?
position
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research
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security
Not quite: security means something else.
vacation
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