Holiday vs. Leave
Holidaynoun
A day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed.
Holidaynoun
A day declared free from work by the state or government.
Holidaynoun
A period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel; often plural (US English: vacation).
Holidaynoun
(US English: vacation) A period during which pupils do not attend their school; often plural; rarely used for students at university (usually: vacation).
Holidaynoun
A gap in coverage, e.g. of paint on a surface, or sonar imagery.
Holidayverb
To take a period of time away from work or study.
Holidayverb
(British) To spend a period of time for travel.
Holidaynoun
A consecrated day; religious anniversary; a day set apart in honor of some person, or in commemoration of some event. See Holyday.
Holidaynoun
A day of exemption from labor; a day of amusement and gayety; a festival day.
Holidaynoun
A day fixed by law for suspension of business; a legal holiday.
Holidayadjective
Of or pertaining to a festival; cheerful; joyous; gay.
Holidayadjective
Occurring rarely; adapted for a special occasion.
Holidaynoun
leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure;
Holidaynoun
a day on which work is suspended by law or custom;
Holidayverb
spend or take a vacation
Holidaynoun
an extended period of leisure and recreation, especially one spent away from home or in travelling.
Holidaynoun
a day of festivity or recreation when no work is done
Holidaynoun
characteristic of a holiday; festive
Holidaynoun
a short period during which the payment of instalments, tax, etc. may be suspended
Holidayverb
spend a holiday in a specified place
Holiday
A holiday is a day set aside by custom or by law on which normal activities, especially business or work including school, are suspended or reduced. Generally, holidays are intended to allow individuals to celebrate or commemorate an event or tradition of cultural or religious significance.
Leaveverb
(transitive) To have a consequence or remnant.
Leaveverb
To cause or allow (something) to remain as available; to refrain from taking (something) away; to stop short of consuming or otherwise depleting (something) entirely.
Leaveverb
To cause, to result in.
Leaveverb
(transitive) To put; to place; to deposit; to deliver, with a sense of withdrawing oneself.
Leaveverb
To depart; to separate from.
Leaveverb
To let be or do without interference.
Leaveverb
(transitive) To depart from; to end one's connection or affiliation with.
Leaveverb
(transitive) To end one's membership in (a group); to terminate one's affiliation with (an organization); to stop participating in (a project).
Leaveverb
(intransitive) To depart; to go away from a certain place or state.
Leaveverb
To transfer something.
Leaveverb
(transitive) To transfer possession of after death.
Leaveverb
(transitive) To give (something) to someone; to deliver (something) to a repository; to deposit.
Leaveverb
(transitive) To transfer responsibility or attention of (something) (to someone); to stop being concerned with.
Leaveverb
To remain (behind); to stay.
Leaveverb
To stop, desist from; to "leave off" (+ noun / gerund).
Leaveverb
(transitive) To give leave to; allow; permit; let; grant.
Leaveverb
To produce leaves or foliage.
Leaveverb
(obsolete) To raise; to levy.
Leavenoun
(cricket) The action of the batsman not attempting to play at the ball.
Leavenoun
(billiards) The arrangement of balls in play that remains after a shot is made (which determines whether the next shooter — who may be either the same player, or an opponent — has good options, or only poor ones).
Leavenoun
Permission to be absent; time away from one's work.
Leavenoun
Permission.
Leavenoun
(dated) Farewell, departure.
Leaveverb
To send out leaves; to leaf; - often with out.
Leaveverb
To raise; to levy.
Leaveverb
To withdraw one's self from; to go away from; to depart from; as, to leave the house.
Leaveverb
To let remain unremoved or undone; to let stay or continue, in distinction from what is removed or changed.
Leaveverb
To cease from; to desist from; to abstain from.
Leaveverb
To desert; to abandon; to forsake; hence, to give up; to relinquish.
Leaveverb
To let be or do without interference; as, I left him to his reflections; I leave my hearers to judge.
Leaveverb
To put; to place; to deposit; to deliver; to commit; to submit - with a sense of withdrawing one's self from; as, leave your hat in the hall; we left our cards; to leave the matter to arbitrators.
Leaveverb
To have remaining at death; hence, to bequeath; as, he left a large estate; he left a good name; he left a legacy to his niece.
Leaveverb
to cause to be; - followed by an adjective or adverb describing a state or condition; as, the losses due to fire leave me penniless; The cost of defending himself left Bill Clinton with a mountain of lawyers' bills.
Leaveverb
To depart; to set out.
Leaveverb
To cease; to desist; to leave off.
Leavenoun
Liberty granted by which restraint or illegality is removed; permission; allowance; license.
Leavenoun
The act of leaving or departing; a formal parting; a leaving; farewell; adieu; - used chiefly in the phrase, to take leave, i. e., literally, to take permission to go.
Leavenoun
the period of time during which you are absent from work or duty;
Leavenoun
permission to do something;
Leavenoun
the act of departing politely;
Leaveverb
go away from a place;
Leaveverb
go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness;
Leaveverb
act or be so as to become in a specified state;
Leaveverb
leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking;
Leaveverb
move out of or depart from;
Leaveverb
make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain;
Leaveverb
result in;
Leaveverb
remove oneself from an association with or participation in;
Leaveverb
put into the care or protection of someone;
Leaveverb
leave or give by will after one's death;
Leaveverb
have left or have as a remainder;
Leaveverb
be survived by after one's death;
Leaveverb
tell or deposit (information) knowledge;
Leaveverb
leave behind unintentionally;
Leaveverb
go away from
Leaveverb
depart from permanently
Leaveverb
cease attending (a school or college) or working for (an organization)
Leaveverb
allow or cause to remain
Leaveverb
remain to be used or dealt with
Leaveverb
go away from a place without taking (someone or something)
Leaveverb
abandon (a spouse or partner)
Leaveverb
have as (a surviving relative) after one's death
Leaveverb
bequeath (property) to a person or other beneficiary by a will
Leaveverb
cause (someone or something) to be in a particular state or position
Leaveverb
let (someone) do or deal with something without offering help or assistance
Leaveverb
cause to remain as a trace or record
Leaveverb
deposit or entrust to be kept, collected, or attended to
Leaveverb
entrust a decision, choice, or action to (someone else, especially someone considered better qualified)
Leaveverb
(of a plant) put out new leaves
Leavenoun
(in snooker, croquet, and other games) the position in which a player leaves the balls for the next player.
Leavenoun
time when one has permission to be absent from work or from duty in the armed forces
Leavenoun
permission
