"summer vacation" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: summer vacations [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} summer vacation (countable and uncountable, plural summer vacations)
  1. (US, Canada) a school break in summer between school years and the break in the school academic year Tags: Canada, US, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Schools, Summer Synonyms: summer holiday [Ireland, UK], summer holidays
    Sense id: en-summer_vacation-en-noun-ZQS6ZSEM Categories (other): American English, Canadian English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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