Download the app
educalingo
Search

Meaning of "general holiday" in the English dictionary

Dictionary
DICTIONARY
section

PRONUNCIATION OF GENERAL HOLIDAY

general holiday  [ˈdʒenərəl ˈhɒlɪdeɪ] play
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GENERAL HOLIDAY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
General holiday is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES GENERAL HOLIDAY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of general holiday in the English dictionary

The definition of general holiday in the dictionary is a public holiday.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GENERAL HOLIDAY


all-day
ˈɔːlˌdeɪ
Atridae
ˈætrɪdeɪ
birthday
ˈbɜːθˌdeɪ
day
deɪ
dey
deɪ
doomsday
ˈduːmzˌdeɪ
everyday
ˈɛvrɪˌdeɪ
holiday
ˈhɒlɪˌdeɪ
Mande
ˈmɑːndeɪ
Mayday
ˈmeɪˌdeɪ
midday
ˈmɪdˈdeɪ
one-day
ˈwʌnˌdeɪ
payday
ˈpeɪˌdeɪ
postholiday
ˌpəʊstˈhɒlɪdeɪ
preholiday
priːˈhɒlɪdeɪ
same-day
ˈseɪmˌdeɪ
someday
ˈsʌmˌdeɪ
today
təˈdeɪ
weekday
ˈwiːkˌdeɪ
weekdays
ˈwiːkdeɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GENERAL HOLIDAY

general confession
general costs
general dealer
general degree
general delivery
general election
general expenses
general factotum
general headquarters
general hospital
general insurance
General Judgement
General Judgment
general knowledge
general linguistics
General Manager
general medicine
general meeting
general officer

WORDS THAT END LIKE GENERAL HOLIDAY

activity holiday
adventure holiday
bank holiday
boating holiday
busman´s holiday
cycling holiday
federal holiday
Friday
half holiday
legal holiday
national holiday
package holiday
payment holiday
public holiday
Roman holiday
skiing holiday
statutory holiday
tax holiday
walking holiday
working holiday

Synonyms and antonyms of general holiday in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «general holiday» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR
online translator

TRANSLATION OF GENERAL HOLIDAY

Find out the translation of general holiday to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of general holiday from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «general holiday» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

公众假期
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fiestas en general
570 millions of speakers

English

general holiday
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सामान्य छुट्टी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عطلة عامة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

вообще праздник
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

feriado geral
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সাধারণ ছুটির দিন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

jour férié
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Percutian umum
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

allgemeinen Feiertag
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

一般的な休日
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

일반적으로 휴일
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Liburan umum
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

kỳ nghỉ chung
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பொது விடுமுறை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सामान्य सुट्टी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Genel tatil
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

festa generale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ogólnie wakacje
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

взагалі свято
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

vacanță generală
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

γενική αργία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

algemene vakansie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

allmän semester
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

generell ferie
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of general holiday

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GENERAL HOLIDAY»

The term «general holiday» is regularly used and occupies the 71.334 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
0
100%
FREQUENCY
Regularly used
67
/100
The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «general holiday» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of general holiday
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «general holiday».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GENERAL HOLIDAY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «general holiday» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «general holiday» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about general holiday

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GENERAL HOLIDAY»

Discover the use of general holiday in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to general holiday and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Canadian Master Labour Guide
An employee is entitled to a holiday with pay in respect of a general holiday and where such holiday falls on a non-working day for an employee, the working day immediately following shall be a holiday with pay (s. 29, 197,129). Wages for ...
CCH canadienne limitée, 2006
2
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of ...
... Thanksgiving, or general Holiday, the same shall be payable on the day next preceding such New Year's Day, Christmas Day, Good Friday, Day of Fast, or Day of Thanksgiving, or general Holiday, unless the day preceding such New Year's ...
New Brunswick, 1857
3
The Shoemaker's Holiday: Thomas Dekker
Professor Kinney's belief that Dekker wrote with particular reference to the Christmas festivities is unacceptably restricting, but his essay still has valuable points to make on the play's general holiday mood. 49 For a discussion of the ...
Thomas Dekker, Robert Smallwood, Stanley Wells, 1999
4
Laxton's Building Price Book 2002: Major and Small Works
(c) Local Variations Where, in any locality, any of the above public holidays is generally worked and another day is recognised instead as a general holiday, such other day shall be recognised as the alternative holiday. (d) Alternative Days ...
V B Johnson, 2001
5
Sports Tourism
At its simplest 'tourism with sports content' involves sport as part of a general holiday undertaken on a casual, informal basis and this has been a part of holiday-making in Malta for many years, just as it has been elsewhere. However, there is ...
Chris Bull, Mike Weed, 2012
6
Legal Aspects of Doing Business in North America [2009] III
workers are not entitled to receive overtime pay, a minimum pay, vacations or vacation pay, or general holidays or general holiday pay. All employers must maintain employment records.57 Employers need not pay overtime pay to supervisory ...
Christian, Editor Campbell, 2009
7
Popular Leisure in the Lake Counties
In Brough in 1885, for instance, 'Good Friday was kept as a general holiday', while in Kendal in 1890 it was a holiday, 'except for the building trade'. In this Cumbria appears to differ from many parts of the country, where Good Friday was , ...
Lyn Murfin, 1990
8
The Long Tail of Tourism: Holiday Niches and their Impact on ...
According to the ATLAS research, the most important reason of the surveyed people for travelling was going on a general holiday (over 55%), followed by the wish to visit a cultural attraction (above 15%) and visiting relatives and friends ...
Alexis Papathanassis, 2011
9
Holiday Folding Stories: Storytelling and Origami Together ...
On October 12, 1892, 400 years after Columbus' discovery, President Benjamin Harrison designated October 1 2 as a general holiday. It was known as Columbus Day, Discovery Day, or Landing Day. New York City led off the events of ...
Christine Petrell Kallevig, 1992
10
The History of Sport in Britain, 1880-1914: British sport ...
... much less for the English-speaking race, is an, emphatic approval of the suggestion which I put forth in connection, with the ' Pan-Britannic ' scheme, that the sixth day of the gathering should be a general holiday throughout the empire, and, ...
Martin Polley, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GENERAL HOLIDAY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term general holiday is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Special Holiday (3 September 2015) Bill passed by Legislative …
... (3 September 2015) Bill today (July 9) to designate September 3, 2015 (Thursday) on a one-off basis as an additional General Holiday (GH) ... «7thSpace Interactive, Jul 15»
2
Canada Day Reminder: Take Note Of New General Holiday Pay …
In light of these changes, employees with irregular work weeks who had not previously qualified for general holiday pay, such as part-time, ... «Mondaq News Alerts, Jun 15»
3
BBMP poll on July 28: Election-day holiday to extend Weekend
That July 28, a Tuesday , is a general holiday in view of the civic elections gives Tejasvi L Murthy , a communications professional, a perfect ... «Economic Times, Jun 15»
4
Applications for leave to appeal dismissed - 25 June 2015
... the applicant, P.W.M. Loss Prevention Services Inc., and was owed outstanding wages, overtime pay, vacation pay and general holiday pay. «Lexology, Jun 15»
5
City goes to civic polls on a weekday
"Tuesday being the general holiday for voting purpose, if people take leave on Monday, then the polling date provides for a longer weekend. «Bangalore Mirror, Jun 15»
6
Election Commission weighs no holiday on vote days
The Election Commission (EC) is weighing doing away with the general holiday on election days, arguing it affects voter turnout. «Bangladesh News 24 hours, Jun 15»
7
Spiritual dimension added to India's Act Asia Policy
However, the headquarters will stay open, making it short of general holiday. The same resolution also recognized Diwali, Guruparb and ... «TeCake, Jun 15»
8
The suncare products we trust
So what should we be using this summer? SPF 15 is now generally considered too low, so SPF 30 is most advised for general holiday use, with ... «Telegraph.co.uk, May 15»
9
HK gov't proposes to designate Sept. 3, 2015 as special holiday
The bill seeks to designate on a one-off basis September 3, 2015 as an additional general holiday and statutory holiday, he added. The bill will ... «Shanghai Daily, May 15»
10
Workers win in minimum wage fight with Momentum Marketing
Manitoba Employment Standards collected $12,400 in wages for seven former employees in minimum wage, overtime and general holiday pay ... «CBC.ca, May 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. General holiday [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/general-holiday>. May 2024 ».
Download the educalingo app
en
English dictionary
Discover all that is hidden in the words on
index
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z