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Definition of holiday verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

holiday

verb
 
/ˈhɒlədeɪ/,
 
/ˈhɒlədi/
 
/ˈhɑːlədeɪ/
(British English)
(North American English vacation)
[intransitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they holiday
 
/ˈhɒlədeɪ/,
 
/ˈhɒlədi/
 
/ˈhɑːlədeɪ/
he / she / it holidays
 
/ˈhɒlədeɪz/,
 
/ˈhɒlədiz/
 
/ˈhɑːlədeɪz/
past simple holidayed
 
/ˈhɒlədeɪd/,
 
/ˈhɒlədid/
 
/ˈhɑːlədeɪd/
past participle holidayed
 
/ˈhɒlədeɪd/,
 
/ˈhɒlədid/
 
/ˈhɑːlədeɪd/
-ing form holidaying
 
/ˈhɒlədeɪɪŋ/,
 
/ˈhɒlədiɪŋ/
 
/ˈhɑːlədeɪɪŋ/
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  1. (+ adv./prep.) to spend a holiday somewhere
    • She was holidaying with her family in Ireland.
    • We often holidayed together.
    Word OriginOld English hāligdæg ‘holy day’.
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