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holidaying

USHOL-uh-day-ing/ˈhɑləˌdeɪɪŋ/UKHOL-i-day-ing/ˈhɒlɪdeɪɪŋ/

2 meanings of holidaying

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  1. 1
    noununcountable
    The act of taking a vacation or going away from home for rest or pleasure.

    Holidaying overseas requires careful budgeting and plenty of planning.

    The cost of holidaying has risen sharply over the past few years.

    Similarvacationing, traveling, travel, touring

    Note

    Mostly a mass noun for the activity, as in the cost of holidaying or holidaying overseas. It can still take a plural, holidayings, when separate trips are counted one by one. Its British flavor comes from the verb form, and the noun behaves like a gerund that has settled into a name for the pastime.

  2. 2
    verbBritish
    Present participle of holiday. Chiefly British.

    The family is holidaying on the coast for two weeks.

    She is holidaying abroad while her house is being renovated.

    Note

    The -ing form of a verb that is British in use and always intransitive: you holiday somewhere, but you never holiday something. Like any participle, it pairs with be for the progressive (is holidaying on the coast), and the same spelling doubles as a gerund. The verb covers both taking time off work or study and spending that time in recreational travel, and holidaying abroad leans toward the travel meaning.

holidaying is a form of holiday

holiday, verb: To spend a holiday, usually by going away somewhere for rest or pleasure. Full entry

Forms
holidayholidays he/she/itholidaying -ing formholidayed past tense, past participle
Spelling
holiday → holidaying: add -ing

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