Travel / A2

v-uh-KAYSHUN/vəˈkeɪʃn/

Vacation is time off work or study: on vacation, the summer vacation, university vacation. Holiday is the usual British cousin for a trip away. Vocation is a job you feel called to — mix-up. Vacant means empty. Do not write vacation when you mean vocation, or vacant.

Meaning

A holiday from work or study, especially in American English.

Examples

• “University vacation starts after the last exam in June.”
• “Campus flats are cheaper outside university vacation.”
• “They spent the vacation with cousins near the coast.”

Good to know

on vacation / university vacation. British everyday: holiday. Mix-up: vocation, vacant.

Near in meaning

holiday

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