Eas‧ter /ˈiːstə $ -ər/ noun [uncountable and countable]
[Language: Old English; Origin: eastre]

1. a Christian holy day in March or April when Christians remember the death of Christ and his return to life:
on Easter Sunday ⇒ Good Friday

2. the period of time just before and after Easter Day
at Easter
We’ll probably go away at Easter.
Easter holiday/weekend/break
We spent the Easter holidays in Wales.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

easter
noun
ADJ. early, late Easter is early this year.
VERB + EASTER have, spend Have a good Easter. I prefer to spend Easter at home.
celebrate
EASTER + NOUN egg | break, holiday/holidays, vacation | Day, weekend, Monday, Saturday, Sunday, week | festival | celebrations
PREP. at ~ Our next holiday is at Easter.
for ~ We usually go away for Easter.
over ~ The library is closed over Easter.
PHRASES Happy Easter!, wish sb a happy Easter

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