vacation

a period spent away from home or business in travel or recreation

The first known use: in the 14th century

Word Structure

8 Letters, 3 Syllable

vacation


7 Phonemes

v A k A S ə n


onset, rime

- -


Morpheme

vacation


Sentence Examples

Family vacations were a high point in my childhood.

Employees are entitled to 120 hours of paid vacation.

I don't have any vacation days left.

We have a one-week vacation in February.

The university will be closed for Christmas vacation.

Related Words

Sound the same but are spelled differently.

break

holiday

layoff

recess

respite

rest

Collocations

The habitual juxtaposition of a particular word with another word or words with a frequency greater than chance.

vacation

vacation

Neighborhood

Onset Friends

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voice

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