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How to pronounce holiday in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms vacation
Type of leisure time, leisure
Has types field day, half-term, vac, honeymoon, vacay, outing, picnic, paid vacation


we took a short holiday in Puerto Rico.
Type Words
Synonyms vacation
Type of pass, spend
Has types honeymoon
Type Words
Type of day
Has types dec 24, feast day, fete day, christmas eve, half-holiday, holy day, legal holiday, mesasamkranti, national holiday, poppy day, public holiday, ramanavami, religious holiday, remembrance day, remembrance sunday


no mail is delivered on federal holidays.
it's a good thing that New Year's was a holiday because everyone had a hangover.

Examples of holiday

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Employers need to understand the holiday gathering and expense is not necessary.
From the desmoinesregister.com
So you like holiday parties, but not being bed-ridden with food-borne illnesses?
From the orlandosentinel.com
Other dangers to watch for include easy access to alcohol at holiday gatherings.
From the orlandosentinel.com
The money was raised through holiday wreath sales and a grant from Weyerhaeuser.
From the thenewstribune.com
That increase helped retailers to the best holiday shopping season in that time.
From the washingtontimes.com
Taking away the external expressions of the holiday did not take away their joy.
From the kentucky.com
Strong holiday shopping may have drove Americans to dust off their credit cards.
From the theatlantic.com
Another year he spent the same holiday in with AIDS patients in a local village.
From the edition.cnn.com
He was dressed as a vendor from the turn of the century, selling holiday greens.
From the freep.com
More examples
  • Vacation: 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"
  • Vacation: spend or take a vacation
  • A day on which work is suspended by law or custom; "no mail is delivered on federal holidays"; "it's a good thing that New Year's was a holiday because everyone had a hangover"
  • A holiday is a day designated as having special significance for which individuals, a government, or a religious group have deemed that observation is warranted. ...
  • Holiday is a 1938 film directed by George Cukor, a remake of the 1930 film of the same name. The film is a romantic comedy that tells of a man who has risen from humble beginnings only to be torn between his free-thinking lifestyle and the tradition of his wealthy fiancu00E9e's family...
  • Holiday is a Bollywood film starring Dino Morea, Onjolee Nair and Kashmira Shah in the lead roles. It is produced and directed by Pooja Bhatt.
  • Holiday is officially the 2nd full length release from Alaska in Winter.
  • "Holiday" is a song by the Bee Gees. The song is considered to be eerie because it is composed primarily in the minor key and bears a strong organ presence. Brothers Barry Gibb and Robin Gibb who also wrote the song share lead vocals. ...
  • Cascada is a German eurodance group active since 2004. They are most famous for their songs "Everytime We Touch" which won them a World Music Award in 2007 as well as becoming the group's first number one single, "What Hurts the Most" which reached the charts in 2008, and "Evacuate the ...