vacation
English
Etymology
From Middle English vacation, vacacion, vacacioun, from Anglo-Norman vacacioun, from Old French vacacion, vacation, from Latin vacātiō.
Pronunciation
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Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -eɪʃən, -eɪʃn
- Hyphenation: va‧ca‧tion
Noun
vacation (countable and uncountable, plural vacations)
- Freedom from some business or activity. [from 14th c.]
- (obsolete) Free time given over to a specific purpose; occupation, activity. [15th-17th c.]
- A period during which official activity or business is formally suspended; an official holiday from university, law courts etc. [from 15th c.]
- (Canada, US) A holiday; a stretch of leisure time away from work or duty and devoted to rest or pleasure. [from 19th c.]
- The act of vacating something; moving out. [from 19th c.]
- The Conservative Party’s vacation of the centre ground gave an opportunity to its opponents.
- (US, law) The act of making legally void.
Synonyms
- (UK) holiday (1,4), annulment (2), revocation (2)
Derived terms
Translations
freedom from some business or activity
official holiday period
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holiday, period of leisure time
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the act of vacating something; moving out of something
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the act of making legally void
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Verb
vacation (third-person singular simple present vacations, present participle vacationing, simple past and past participle vacationed)
- (intransitive) To spend or take a vacation.
- This year, we’re vacationing in Mexico.
Synonyms
Translations
to spend or take a vacation
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Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
Noun
vacation f (plural vacations)
Further reading
- “vacation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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