holiday resort
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1.9
- noun
- /ˈhɑːləˌdeɪ rɪˈzɔːrt/
- UK
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complejo turístico
- The family spent their summer vacation at a beautiful holiday resort in the Mediterranean.
And my wife used to come to the holiday resorts and I used to go and spend time with them a week.
- And my wife used to come to the holiday resorts and I used to go and spend time with them a week.
Examples
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"The current housing situation is good from our point of view, as it encourages more buy-to-let investors to purchase discounted properties in popular holiday resorts," says Ben Walker, a real estate consultant at Property in Spain.
Blog text (1) -
Frankston was a holiday resort.
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A beauty such as yours has no place in a holiday resort like this.
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And my wife used to come to the holiday resorts and I used to go and spend time with them a week.
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By far the most opulent holiday resort on the globe, Spyder offers its snow-sure overcoats with great success.
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Lyme became a fashionable holiday resort beginning in the late eighteenth century, and its steep, narrow streets are lined with Regency and Victorian houses.
Academic text (1995) -
Nonetheless, officers enjoy greater privileges than civil servants at the same level: their pay is sometimes twice as high, they shop in subsidized military stores, they obtain low-interest housing loans, and they have access to exclusive holiday resorts, hotels, and clubs.
Academic text (2000) -
The romantic comedy revolves around Sandler and Barrymore finding themselves together at a holiday resort after an unsuccessful blind date, where the attraction between them grows, and their kids, benefit from the blooming relationship.
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Every summer, we go to the same holiday resort where we enjoy relaxing by the beach.
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This newly opened holiday resort offers various recreational activities like swimming and hiking.
Synonyms
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1.1
A place like a hotel where people go for holidays and relaxation
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2.8
A hotel in a vacation area that offers many services and activities for guests
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound's meaning is directly derivable from its parts: 'holiday' (time off for rest/travel) combined with 'resort' (a hotel/complex for recreation) yields a place used for holidays. This compositional pattern is common cross-linguistically and follows regular noun-noun compounding, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand the phrase.
Etymology
Holiday resort is a name made from holiday (a time away from work) and resort (a place people go to relax and have fun). Picture families at pools, shows and restaurants on 'vacation' — that image explains why holiday resort means 'a hotel or place for holidays'.