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{
"term": "vacation",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a period of time spent travelling or relaxing away from home",
"sensetop": "on vacation",
"labels": "(North American English)British English(British English)(North American English)(British English)(especially British English)(both British English)(especially British English)(especially North American English)(both British English)(British English)(North American English also)(especially British English)(especially North American English)(especially British English)(especially North American English)British EnglishNorth American EnglishNorth American EnglishBritish EnglishNorth American EnglishBritish English",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "They're on vacation in Hawaii right now.",
"contextForm": "on vacation"
},
{
"text": "I'm **going on vacation** for a couple of weeks."
},
{
"text": "You look tired—you should **take a vacation**."
},
{
"text": "We're planning a **summer vacation** to Europe next year."
},
{
"text": "I just got back from a family vacation in New Orleans."
},
{
"text": "The job includes two weeks' paid vacation."
},
{
"text": "a vacation home"
},
{
"text": "He had a lot of unused vacation time."
},
{
"text": "Employees no longer have a fixed number of vacation days."
},
{
"text": "He hadn't taken a real vacation in years."
},
{
"text": "I have put in for vacation time."
},
{
"text": "I hope the bad weather didn't ruin your vacation."
},
{
"text": "I may go on an extended vacation to Bermuda."
},
{
"text": "I wasn't able to use all of my vacation time last year."
},
{
"text": "Military personnel receive a month of paid vacation."
},
{
"text": "Orlando is a popular vacation resort for British tourists."
},
{
"text": "She needed a little vacation to clear her head."
},
{
"text": "She took a well-deserved vacation to Mexico."
},
{
"text": "She was going to spend her vacation in Hawaii all by herself."
},
{
"text": "The President cut short his working vacation by two days."
},
{
"text": "The sisters are on summer vacation with their family."
},
{
"text": "He has a private jet and a vacation home in Switzerland."
},
{
"text": "He went on vacation some time last week."
},
{
"text": "How was your vacation?"
},
{
"text": "Let us help you with your vacation plans!"
},
{
"text": "She's gone on vacation to Massachusetts."
},
{
"text": "The area is a popular vacation choice for families."
},
{
"text": "The couple had left for a European vacation."
},
{
"text": "The senator is on vacation in Maine."
},
{
"text": "They usually go on a ski vacation this time of year."
},
{
"text": "Vacation time and other benefits were cut."
},
{
"text": "Their son is home on vacation."
},
{
"text": "When I got back from my vacation, there was a letter waiting for me."
}
],
"topics": ["Holidays"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["summer", "winter", "annual"],
"verb + vacation": ["get", "go on", "have"],
"vacation + noun": ["trip", "destination", "resort"],
"preposition": ["on vacation"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "(in the UK) one of the periods of time when universities or courts of law are closed; (in the US) one of the periods of time when schools, colleges, universities or courts of law are closed",
"sensetop": "during/in the vacation",
"labels": "(British English)",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "the Christmas/Easter/summer vacation"
},
{
"text": "the long vacation *(= the summer vacation)*"
},
{
"text": "I got a full-time job during the vacation.",
"contextForm": "during/in the vacation"
},
{
"text": "I wrote the essay during the Christmas vacation."
},
{
"text": "I'm going travelling in the vacation."
},
{
"text": "Most students get vacation jobs."
},
{
"text": "She went home to her parents for the Easter vacation."
},
{
"text": "Students had a two-week vacation at the end of December."
},
{
"text": "The long summer vacation breaks the rhythm of instruction."
},
{
"text": "The schools were closed for summer vacation."
}
],
"topics": ["Education"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["school", "paid", "spring"],
"verb + vacation": ["use"],
"vacation + noun": ["day", "leave", "time"],
"preposition": ["on vacation"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/veɪˈkeɪʃn//vəˈkeɪʃn/",
"audio": "va/vacation/vacation__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/veɪˈkeɪʃn//vəˈkeɪʃn/",
"audio": "va/vacation/vacation__us_4.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin vacatio(n-), from vacare ‘be unoccupied’."
}