HOLIDAY
\hˈɒlɪdˌe͡ɪ], \hˈɒlɪdˌeɪ], \h_ˈɒ_l_ɪ_d_ˌeɪ]\
Definitions of HOLIDAY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure; "we get two weeks of vacation every summer"; "we took a short holiday in Puerto Rico"
By Princeton University
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leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure; "we get two weeks of vacation every summer"; "we took a short holiday in Puerto Rico"
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A consecrated day; religious anniversary; a day set apart in honor of some person, or in commemoration of some event. See Holyday.
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A day of exemption from labor; a day of amusement and gayety; a festival day.
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A day fixed by law for suspension of business; a legal holiday.
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Of or pertaining to a festival; cheerful; joyous; gay.
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Occurring rarely; adapted for a special occasion.
By Oddity Software
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A consecrated day; religious anniversary; a day set apart in honor of some person, or in commemoration of some event. See Holyday.
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A day of exemption from labor; a day of amusement and gayety; a festival day.
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A day fixed by law for suspension of business; a legal holiday.
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Of or pertaining to a festival; cheerful; joyous; gay.
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Occurring rarely; adapted for a special occasion.
By Noah Webster.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A day of gaiety and joy in celebration of some event, etc.; a day of freedom from labor.
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Pertaining to a festival; joyous; gay.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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