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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. 1

    An extended trip or journey away from home for rest or pleasure.

    We were on vacation in Florida this year.

  2. 2

    An extended period of leisure time away from work or school.

    Schoolchildren are on vacation this week.

  3. 3

    A period during which official activity or business is formally suspended; an official holiday from university, law courts etc.

  4. 4

    The act of vacating something; moving out.

    The Conservative Party’s vacation of the centre ground gave an opportunity to its opponents.

  5. 5

    The act of making legally void.

  6. 6

    Freedom from some business or activity.

  7. 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. 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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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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