noun
vacation
vuh-KAY-shuhn
noun
1
A trip or period of time away from home taken for rest or pleasure.
"They booked a two-week vacation in Portugal."
2
A break from work, school, or official business.
"The courts are in vacation until September."
verb
1
To take a vacation.
"They vacationed in the mountains every summer."
How to Use Vacation
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA holiday — time away from work or school for rest or travel.
UK vs US
"Vacation" is the standard American English word for what British English usually calls a "holiday."
Common pairings
summer vacation
go on vacation
take a vacation
Word Forms
vacationed past tense, vacations plural, VACations plural, vacations singular
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Etymology
From Old French vacation, from Latin vacatio ("freedom from duty"), from vacare ("to be free, to be empty").