summer holiday
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1.0
- noun
- /ˈsʌmər ˈhɑːləˌdeɪ/
- UK
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vacaciones de verano
- Many children enjoy playing sports and going on adventures during their summer holidays.
- go on summer holiday
- long summer holiday
- spend my summer holidays
It smells like the sun cream that you used as a kid on all your summer holidays.
- It smells like the sun cream that you used as a kid on all your summer holidays.
- Because you want to keep your kids amused, occupied, entertained, inspired during the long summer holidays.
- And like in the summer holidays and that I was at different sports school and, and things like that.
- But it just, I could not wait for that summer holiday to come it you couldn't turn to anybody.
- And in August on our summer holiday took an internal flight from Barbados to one of the little islands, can't remember.
Examples
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Her father's private income enabled them to live in this grand style and to take summer holidays in Nova Scotia.
Academic text (1996) -
During their summer holiday, the family traveled to the beach for a week of sun and fun.
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Yeah, they say the summer is the perfect time for a summer holiday.
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How were your summer holidays?
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The two older sisters had talked through the two weeks of their summer holiday at the beach.
Fiction book (1998) -
Eleanor was looking to book her summer holiday.
Academic text (2018) -
Consider your child's summer holidays as a good opportunity for him to try a new sport.
Blog text (31) -
Keeping our children busy and happy during the summer holidays is a full-on task.
Blog text (2) -
And finally, the six week long summer holiday always widens the attainment gap and this year that will be exacerbated by the time already spent out of school.
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After finishing school, I always looked forward to my summer holiday with my friends at the lake.
Synonyms
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A period away from work or study for rest and travel
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A period of time away from work or school for rest and travel
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9.1
A short time away from work to rest or travel
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2.6
A short trip in summer to relax, for example at the beach
Antonyms
How Relaxing
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- UK
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2.7
- UK
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1.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a holiday taken during the summer' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'summer' (a season) with 'holiday' (time off), so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer the phrase. This simple noun-noun composition follows regular English compounding patterns and is cross-linguistically common (e.g. Spanish 'vacaciones de verano'), making it immediately predictable.
Etymology
Summer holiday comes from putting together summer, the warm season, and holiday, a time off from school or work, creating the image of children being free and families going to the beach. So it means 'a holiday or vacation taken during the summer', often when schools are closed.