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vacating

English

Verb

vacating

  1. present participle of vacate

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vacation

English

Etymology

From Middle English vacation, vacacion, vacacioun, from Anglo-Norman vacacioun, from Old French vacacion, vacation, from Latin vac?ti?.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /v??ke??(?)n/, /ve??ke??(?)n/
  • (US) enPR: v?-k?'sh?n, IPA(key): /ve??ke???n/, /v??ke??(?)n/
  • Rhymes: -e???n, -e??n
  • Hyphenation: va?ca?tion

Noun

vacation (countable and uncountable, plural vacations)

  1. Freedom from some business or activity. [from 14th c.]
  2. (obsolete) Free time given over to a specific purpose; occupation, activity. [15th-17th c.]
  3. A period during which official activity or business is formally suspended; an official holiday from university, law courts etc. [from 15th c.]
  4. (Canada, US) A holiday; a stretch of leisure time away from work or duty and devoted to rest or pleasure. [from 19th c.]
  5. The act of vacating something; moving out. [from 19th c.]
  6. (US, law) The act of making legally void.

Synonyms

  • (freedom from some activity): holiday (UK)
  • (free time given over to a specific purpose): annulment, revocation
  • (a stretch of leisure time away from work): holiday (UK); see also Thesaurus:vacation
  • (act of vacating something): departure, moveout

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

vacation (third-person singular simple present vacations, present participle vacationing, simple past and past participle vacationed)

  1. (intransitive) To spend or take a vacation.
    This year, we’re vacationing in Mexico.

Synonyms

  • (Britain) go on holiday
  • go on vacation
  • holiday

Translations

Related terms

  • vacate

Anagrams

  • Octavian

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /va.ka.sj??/

Noun

vacation f (plural vacations)

  1. (law) session

Further reading

  • “vacation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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