EasterEas‧ter /ˈiːstə $ -ər/ ●●○ noun [countable, uncountable] 
on Easter Sunday → Good Friday2the period of time just before and after Easter Dayat Easter We’ll probably go away at Easter.Easter holiday/weekend/break We spent the Easter holidays in Wales.
WORD ORIGINEaster
Origin:
Old English eastreEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- We went skiing in Vermont at Easter.
- I will be coming home the day before Easter.
- May this Easter be a beginning.
- My lunch has been planned to allow a morning spent at church, hunting for Easter eggs or admiring the daffodils.
- On Saturday evening came the Easter Vigil, a night of lilies, fire and flowing water.
- Perhaps an Easter egg hunt in the fifties.
- Phelioff won the Ladies' Open at this meeting last Easter and is once again amongst the 15 entries.
- Then, he hid until after Easter.
WORD SETS
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY on Easter Sunday We spent the Easter holidays in Wales.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1a Christian holy day in March or April when Christians remember the death of Christ and his return to life: on Easter Sunday We spent the Easter holidays in Wales.· What day of the week is Christmas Day this year?
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN· Some took holidays, others extended their Easter break.· Thomas Cook is to launch a £1m campaign to encourage late bookers to travel over the Easter break.· A Forte spokesperson says the launch of the Heritage campaign is timed to coincide with the Easter break.· Adam was nineteen and in his first year at university, though at that time at home for the Easter break.
· More recent events include the 1988 Easter course at Norwich City College and well supported annual rallies.
· Otherwise it will be like an Easter egg hunt.· How much fun the Easter egg hunt every year on the lawn.· Apparently Mr Tares retired at the end of last week. Easter eggs in all the windows now, expensive.· Julius danced soberly with his Easter egg.· The pool will be opened on Sunday and there will be an Easter egg hung at 2.30 p.m.· Planned events include a fantasy role-playing war games day, an Easter egg hunt and motorcycle display.· My lunch has been planned to allow a morning spent at church, hunting for Easter eggs or admiring the daffodils.· Find out how to decorate your own Easter eggs on pages 30-31.
· If you're heading for the Paris Disney during the Easter holidays, how can you beat the queues?· The Chancellor said he wanted talks with the opposition immediately after the Easter holidays.· The Easter holiday is the likely culprit for the big swings, though.· After Wednesday's Cabinet meeting, ministers will disperse for the Easter holidays.· Students who lose one or two days tuition because of the Easter holiday weekend will receive a pro-rata reduction in tuition fees.· Until then, goodnight and have a good Easter holiday.· Now a group of senior players have asked colleagues who have Easter holiday plans to return for the Orrell game.· It was during the Easter holidays.
· I shall not be able to stay past Easter Sunday because I am expected back at work.· Then on Easter Sunday, in what must have seemed like divine intervention, the drillers broke through.· During the days following Easter Sunday, he noticed a certain lassitude of spirit in himself.· He recruits a couple of buddies, and on Easter Sunday 1994 the deed is done.
· I first heard of La Chupacabra over the Easter weekend while visiting family in Laredo.· Over the Easter weekend there were complaints that the toilets were closed as early as five p.m.· To the surprise of many, and regardless of the approaching Easter weekend, a string of real-life cash-in-hand buyers appeared.· These consisted mainly of leisure bookings, particularly for the coming Easter weekend, which almost dried up during the election campaign.
on Easter Sunday → Good Friday2the period of time just before and after Easter Dayat Easter We’ll probably go away at Easter.Easter holiday/weekend/break We spent the Easter holidays in Wales.