vacation
A time when you are not at work or school and can rest or travel.
A scheduled period when someone does not work or attend school, often used for travel or leisure.
To go somewhere for rest or fun when you are not working.
To spend a period of time away from home for leisure, rest, or travel.
- Base: vacation
- Plural: vacation, vacations
- Base: vacation
- 3rd Person Singular: vacations
- Present Participle: vacationing
- Past: vacationed
on vacation
1Not working or attending school for leisure
Not at work or school because you are resting or traveling.
- I can’t attend the meeting next week because I’ll be on vacation.
- She’s on vacation in Hawaii right now.
summer vacation
1Summer break from school/work for leisure
The long break in summer when students and some workers do not have to go to school or work.
- Kids look forward to summer vacation all year.
- We usually visit relatives during summer vacation.
vacation home
1Secondary house for leisure stays
A house you use for holidays or weekends, not your main home.
- They bought a small vacation home near the beach.
- The family spends Christmas at their vacation home in the mountains.
vacation time
1Allocated leave from work for rest or travel
The days you can take off from work for rest or travel.
- I still have two weeks of vacation time left this year.
- Employees must request their vacation time in advance.