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 |
air aura atmosphere | a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing, an air of mystery, the house had a neglected air, an atmosphere of defeat pervaded the candidate's headquarters, the place had an aura of romance |
temper mood humor humour | a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling, whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time, he was in a bad humor |
atmosphere air a | the mass of air surrounding the Earth, there was great heat as the comet entered the atmosphere, it was exposed to the air |
resort resort hotel holiday resort | a hotel located in a resort area |
atmosphere | the envelope of gases surrounding any celestial body |
standard atmosphere atmosphere atm standard pressure | a unit of pressure: the pressure that will support a column of mercurymm high at sea level and degrees centigrade |
mood mode modality | verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker |
indicative mood indicative declarative mood declarative common mood fact mood | a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact |
subjunctive mood subjunctive | a mood that represents an act or state (not as a fact but) as contingent or possible |
optative mood optative | a mood (as in Greek or Sanskrit) that expresses a wish or hope, expressed in English by modal verbs |
imperative mood imperative jussive mood imperative form | a mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior |
interrogative mood interrogative | some linguists consider interrogative sentences to constitute a mood |
atmosphere atmospheric state | the weather or climate at some place, the atmosphere was thick with fog |
climate mood | the prevailing psychological state, the climate of opinion, the national mood had changed radically since the last election |
atmosphere ambiance ambience | a particular environment or surrounding influence, there was an atmosphere of excitement |
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 |
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 |
holiday season | a time when many people take holidays |
vacation holiday | spend or take a vacation |