vacation
nounverbcommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//vəˈkeɪ.ʃən//
- United Kingdom//veɪˈkeɪ.ʃən//
- United States//veɪˈkeɪ.ʃən//
- United States//vəˈkeɪ.ʃən//
- India//ʋe.keː.ʃən//
An extended trip or journey away from home for rest or pleasure.
noun
- 1
An extended trip or journey away from home for rest or pleasure.
We were on vacation in Florida this year.
- 2
An extended period of leisure time away from work or school.
Schoolchildren are on vacation this week.
- 3
A period during which official activity or business is formally suspended; an official holiday from university, law courts etc.
- 4
The act of vacating something; moving out.
The Conservative Party’s vacation of the centre ground gave an opportunity to its opponents.
- 5
The act of making legally void.
- 6
Freedom from some business or activity.
- 7
obsoleteFree time given over to a specific purpose; occupation, activity.
The first exploited his, sundrie waies, and excelleth in military exploits, and utilitie of his publike vacations.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English vacation, vacacion, vacacioun, from Anglo-Norman vacacioun, from Old French vacacion, vacation, from Latin vacātiō. Equivalent to vacate + -ion.
verb
- 1
To spend or take a vacation.
This year, we’re vacationing in Mexico.
Forms
- plural
- vacations
- past tense
- vacationed
- past participle
- vacationed
- present participle
- vacationing
- third person singular
- vacations
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