farewell leave leave-taking parting | the act of departing politely, he disliked long farewells, he took his leave, parting is such sweet sorrow |
French leave | an abrupt and unannounced departure (without saying farewell) |
absence without leave unauthorized absence | unauthorized military absence |
package tour package holiday | a tour arranged by a travel agent, transportation and food and lodging are all provided at an inclusive price |
busman's holiday | a holiday where you do the same things you do at work |
seventeen-year locust periodical cicada Magicicada septendecim | North American cicada, appears in great numbers at infrequent intervals because the nymphs take to years to mature |
two-year-old horse two year old | a racehorse that is two years old |
three-year-old horse three year old | a racehorse that is three years old |
leave | permission to do something, she was granted leave to speak |
ticket-of-leave | a permit formerly given to convicts allowing them to leave prison under specific restrictions |
class year | a body of students who graduate together, the class of ', she was in my year at Hoehandle High |
resort resort hotel holiday resort | a hotel located in a resort area |
light year light-year | the distance that light travels in a vacuum in year, . trillion miles or . trillion kilometers |
vacation holiday | leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure, we get two weeks of vacation every summer, we took a short holiday in Puerto Rico |
half-holiday | a day on which half is free from work or duty |
leave leave of absence | the period of time during which you are absent from work or duty, a ten day's leave to visit his mother |
compassionate leave | (military) leave granted in an emergency such as family sickness or death |
sabbatical sabbatical leave | a leave usually taken every seventh year |
sabbatical year | a sabbatical leave lasting one year |
shore leave liberty | leave granted to a sailor or naval officer |
sick leave | a leave of absence from work because of illness |
terminal leave | final leave before discharge from military service |
church year Christian year | the year in the ecclesiastical calendar, especially feast days and special seasons |
Holy Year | (Roman Catholic Church) a period of remission from sin (usually granted every years) |
New Year's Eve December | the last day of the year |
New Year's Day New Year's January | the first day of the year |
New Year | the calendar year just begun |
Rosh Hashanah Rosh Hashana Rosh Hashonah Rosh Hashona Jewish New Year | (Judaism) a solemn Jewish feast day celebrated on the st or st and nd of Tishri, noted for the blowing of the shofar |
holiday | a day on which work is suspended by law or custom, no mail is delivered on federal holidays, it's a good thing that New Year's was a holiday because everyone had a hangover |
religious holiday holy day | a day specified for religious observance |
High Holy Day High Holiday | Jewish holy days observed with particular solemnity |
legal holiday national holiday public holiday | authorized by law and limiting work or official business |
bank holiday | any of several weekdays when banks are closed, a legal holiday in Britain |
year | the period of time that it takes for a planet (as, e.g., Earth or Mars) to make a complete revolution around the sun, a Martian year takes of our days |
anomalistic year | time of the earth's revolution from perihelion to perihelion again, days and hr and min and . sec |
year-end | the end of a calendar year, he had to unload the merchandise before the year-end |
common year days | a year that is not a leap year |
leap year intercalary year days bissextile year | in the Gregorian calendar: any year divisible by except centenary years divisible by |
off year | a year in which no major political elections are held |
off year | a year in which productivity is low or inferior |
calendar year civil year | the year (reckoned from January to December ) according to Gregorian calendar |
solar year tropical year astronomical year equinoctial year | the time for the earth to make one revolution around the sun, measured between two vernal equinoxes |
lunar year | a period of lunar months |
fiscal year financial year | any accounting period of months |
school year academic year | the period of time each year when the school is open and people are studying |
year twelvemonth yr | a period of time containing (or ) days, she is years old, in the year |
year | a period of time occupying a regular part of a calendar year that is used for some particular activity, a school year |
sidereal year | the time for the earth to make one complete revolution around the sun, relative to the fixed stars |
great year Platonic year | time required for one complete cycle of the precession of the equinoxes, about , years |
season time of year | one of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions, the regular sequence of the seasons |