vacancy

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English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From vac(ant) +‎ -ancy.

Pronunciation [edit]

  • (UK) IPA: /ˈveɪkənsi/

Noun [edit]

vacancy (plural vacancies)

  1. An unoccupied position or job.
  2. An available room in a hotel; guest house, etc.
  3. Empty space.
    • 1993, James Michie, trans. Ovid, The Art of Love, Book II:
      Sky was set above earth, land ringed with sea, / Chaos retired to its own vacancy [...].
  4. Lack of intelligence or understanding.
  5. (physics) A defect in a crystal caused by the absence of an atom in a lattice

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