Collocations for "vacation"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "vacation" in context.
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vacation
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [long, short] vacation
- a [two-week] vacation
- a [summer, winter, spring] vacation
- had a [wonderful, marvelous, great, good, bad, horrible] vacation
- is on [paid, unpaid] vacation
- over [Christmas, Easter, New Year] vacations
- [a skiing, an adventure, a romantic] vacation
- go on vacation to [London, Hawaii, Japan]
- am going on vacation for [two weeks]
- it [rained, snowed] a lot during our vacation
- rent [an apartment, a house, a condo] for vacation
- [schoolchildren, government workers, teachers] have [long, short] vacations
- on vacation in [Hawaii]
- on vacation in the [countryside, mountains, valleys, city]
- the [chance, opportunity] to win a vacation to
- a vacation of a lifetime!
- vacation [websites, agencies, destinations, rentals]
- [top, best] vacation spots
- vacationing in [Maine]
- vacation in the [summer]
- vacationing for [one month]
- vacationing with your [friends, family, in-laws]
- vacation together
- no [money, time] to vacation
- we always vacation [in, at]
'vacation' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
August
- Australia
- Caribbean
- China
- Christmas
- December
- Easter
- January
- July
- June
- Mexico
- Morocco
- Netherlands
- November
- October
- Paris
- Spain
- Wales
- abroad
- accrual
- accrue
- adequate
- afford
- after
- agreeable
- album
- alligator
- always
- amazing
- annual
- apartment
- appalling
- arrange
- away
- bad
- baggage
- battery
- beach
- beard
- beautiful
- bliss
- blur
- boring
- break
- briefly
- brown
- budget
- camping
- carefree
- charter