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# vacation

«vacation» in Mova's school dictionary: **A holiday: a time away from school or work, often…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a vacation, vacations); verb (vacation, vacations, vacationed, vacationing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (US, Canada) A holiday: a time away from school or work, often travelling somewhere for fun. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vacation/#m1)

2) (US) The time when schools or universities are closed, like the summer vacation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vacation/#m2)

3) (UK, formal) The time when British universities and law courts are closed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vacation/#m3)

4) (verb, US) To spend a holiday somewhere: they vacation in Florida. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vacation/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In American and Canadian children's stories a family "goes on vacation"; British, Irish, Australian and New Zealand children usually say "holiday" or "holidays" for the same thing. In maths problems vacations give days, costs and distances to work out. Phrases: on vacation, summer vacation, spring vacation, take a vacation, a vacation home.

### examples

- We went on vacation to the beach last summer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vacation/#x1)
- Summer vacation lasts about ten weeks in our town. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vacation/#x2)
- Dad took a week's vacation from work. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vacation/#x3)
- They vacation at the lake every year. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vacation/#x4)
- Our vacation cost 1,200 dollars for the hotel and 300 dollars for food. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vacation/#x5)
- In Britain my cousin calls it "the summer holidays". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vacation/#x6)
- While the family was on vacation, a neighbour fed the cat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vacation/#x7)
- Vacation begins on the first of January and ends on the last day of December. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vacation/#x8)

### note

Countable noun: a vacation, two vacations. "On vacation" is the usual phrase (not "in vacation"). US: vacation; UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand: holiday(s). Do not confuse with "vacate" (to leave a place empty). In maths, if a vacation lasts 9 days and 8 nights, count carefully which is asked.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «vacation» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vacation/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.