Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

summer vacation

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.34 in modern English

Syllables: sum-mer -va-ca-tion
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a school break in summer between school years and the break in the school academic year

Canadian usage; American usage; Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

summer vacations (plural)

Synonyms

summer holiday summer holidays

Questions

What does summer vacation mean?: a school break in summer between school years and the break in the school academic year

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