vacation: translation
noun ⇨ See also ↑holiday
1 (AmE) period of time away from home for pleasure
ADJECTIVE
▪ summer, winter
▪ The sisters are on summer vacation with their family.
▪ annual
▪ three-day, two-week, etc.
▪ month-long, week-long, etc.
▪ extended, long
▪ I may go on an extended vacation to Bermuda.
▪ little, short
▪ She needed a little vacation to clear her head.
▪ all-inclusive
▪ family
▪ beach, cruise, golf, ski
▪ exotic, tropical
▪ Caribbean, European, etc.
▪ great, nice
▪ relaxing
▪ dream, perfect
▪ A Nile cruise is high on my list of dream vacations.
▪ well-deserved
▪ working
▪ The President cut short his working vacation by two days.
▪ real
▪ He hadn't taken a real vacation in years.
VERB + VACATION
▪ get, go on, have, take
▪ She took a well-deserved vacation to Mexico.
▪ spend
▪ She was going to spend her vacation in Hawaii all by herself.
▪ come back from, get back from, return from
▪ plan
▪ book
▪ cancel
▪ could use, need
▪ enjoy
▪ ruin
▪ I hope the bad weather didn't ruin your vacation.
VACATION + NOUN
▪ trip
▪ destination, resort, spot
▪ Orlando is a popular vacation resort for British tourists.
▪ cottage, home, house, property, villa
▪ plans
▪ photos, pictures
▪ season
PREPOSITION
▪ on vacation
2 (esp.AmE) period of rest from work/school
ADJECTIVE
▪ school
▪ paid
▪ Military personnel receive a month of paid vacation.
▪ spring, summer, winter
▪ annual
▪ month-long, week-long, etc.
▪ one-month, two-week, etc.
▪ Students had a two-week vacation at the end of December.
▪ long
▪ The long summer vacation breaks the rhythm of instruction.
VERB + VACATION
▪ use
VACATION + NOUN
▪ day, leave, time
▪ Employees no longer have a fixed number of vacation days.
▪ I wasn't able to use all of my vacation time last year.
▪ I have put in for vacation time.
▪ pay
PREPOSITION
▪ on vacation