extended holiday

collocation in English

meaningsofextendedandholiday

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extended
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ɪkˈsten.dɪd/us
/ɪkˈsten.dɪd/
long or longer ...
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holiday
noun
uk
/ˈhɒl.ə.deɪ/us
/ˈhɑː.lə.deɪ/
UK ; ;
a time when someone does not go to work or school but is free to do what they want, such as travel ...
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(Definition ofextendedandholidayfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofextended holiday

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Some people will want to let their houses for less than 12 months; for example, when on anextendedholidayor when working abroad.
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It would help if closures could be staggered over a reasonablyextendedholidayseason.
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That would have the great virtue of covering, for example, the war criminal who takes anextendedholiday here, or who has medical treatment in this country.
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Are they justified in having thisextendedholidayat the present time, with pay and expenses?
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I am on the side of those who took thatextendedholiday.
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Its purpose is to impose a specific restriction on the exercise of responsibility by the parents—covering, for example, taking a child abroad for anextendedholiday.
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Other part-time housetruckers use their handcrafted rigs only when taking anextendedholiday.
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Some reports say that he went for anextendedholidayas a reward for his hard work, or might have gone off to sell his finished invention.
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Months off school for extended holidays in the subcontinent should be avoided.
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Extended holidays will enable the railways to move their passengers more efficiently, in far greater comfort and with the service to which the public is entitled.
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