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verbs
go on holiday
• The children were excited about going on holiday.
have/take a holiday
• Teachers cannot take holidays during term time.
book a holiday
• I booked the holiday online.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + holiday
a skiing/camping/walking etc holiday
• They went on a camping holiday in France.
a package holiday
(= a holiday in which you pay a price that includes travel, room, and food )
• The company organizes package holidays to Spain and Greece.
a summer holiday
• They were going to a house on the coast for their summer holidays.
a winter holiday
• Why not try a winter holiday for a change?
a family holiday
• I first visited Orkney on a family holiday when I was a boy.
an annual holiday
(= a holiday you take every year )
• We were getting ready for our annual holiday in Cornwall.
your dream holiday
(= the best holiday you can imagine )
• They won a dream holiday for two to the Caribbean.
holiday + NOUN
a holiday resort
(= a place with many hotels where a lot of people go on holiday )
• a holiday resort in Spain
a holiday destination
(= a town or country where a lot of people go on holiday )
• Marmaris is one of Turkey's most popular holiday destinations.
a holiday brochure
(= a magazine that shows what holidays you can take )
• We were looking through holiday brochures thinking about the summer.
holiday photos
( also holiday snaps informal ) (= photographs that you take when you are on holiday )
• Do you want to see our holiday snaps?
a holiday abroad
(= a holiday in a country other than the one you live in )
• They were planning a holiday abroad that year.
phrases
the holiday of a lifetime
(= a very good or expensive holiday that you will only take once )
• We took the family on a holiday of a lifetime to Orlando, Florida.
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noun period of time away from home for pleasure ADJ. enjoyable, exciting, fun-filled, good, lovely, wonderful | disastrous We had a disastrous camping holiday. | dream What would be your dream holiday? | foreign, overseas | summer, winter | 7-night, two-week, etc. | package | family | activity, adventure, camping, skiing I learned to windsurf on an activity holiday. VERB + HOLIDAY go on, have, take We're going on holiday to France this summer. Are you having a holiday this year? | book Have you booked your summer holiday yet? | cancel I got ill and had to cancel my holiday. HOLIDAY + NOUN destination, resort, venue a popular seaside holiday resort | accommodation, cottage, home They also have a holiday home at the seaside. | camp, complex, village | period, season The pool is open throughout the holiday season. | brochure | business, company, firm The recession hit the package holiday business hard. | insurance You should take out holiday insurance before you leave. | arrangements, plans | romance Their holiday romance turned into a lasting relationship. | photos, snaps PREP. on (a) ~ They met while on holiday in Spain. PHRASES a holiday of a lifetime This is your chance to win the holiday of a lifetime. period of rest from work/school ADJ. annual, Christmas, Easter, summer The centre is now closed for the Christmas holidays. | school | paid VERB + HOLIDAY be entitled to, get, have You are entitled to 24 days' paid holiday per year. I have three weeks' holiday a year. | take I'm taking the rest of my holiday in October. | spend She spent her holiday decorating the flat. | need I really need a holiday! HOLIDAY + NOUN time | entitlement | pay | job She had a holiday job as a gardener when she was a student. PREP. during the ~s It can be difficult to keep children occupied during the long summer holidays. | in the ~s My aunt's coming to stay in the holidays. | on ~ I'm afraid Mr Adamek is on holiday this week. day when people do not go to work/school ADJ. bank, national, public, religious HOLIDAY + NOUN weekend The roads will be busy on Monday as it's a holiday weekend.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary