vacation

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Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
16
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/vəˈkeɪ.ʃən/
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/vəˈkeɪ.ʃən/ · /veɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ · /ʋe.keː.ʃən/ · /ʋɪ.keː.ʃən/

Definition of vacation

9 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)An extended trip or journey away from home for rest or pleasure.
    “We were on vacation in Florida this year.”
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)An extended trip or journey away from home for rest or pleasure.
    “We were on vacation in Florida this year.”
  2. (countable, uncountable)An extended period of leisure time away from work or school.
    “Schoolchildren are on vacation this week.”
  3. (countable, uncountable)A period during which official activity or business is formally suspended; an official holiday from university, law courts etc.
  4. (countable, uncountable)The act of vacating something; moving out.
    “The Conservative Party’s vacation of the centre ground gave an opportunity to its opponents.”
  5. (US, countable, uncountable)The act of making legally void.
  6. (countable, general, uncountable)Freedom from some business or activity.
  7. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Free 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.”
  8. (countable, slang, uncountable)A user's enforced absence from the Steam video-gaming service and its community, as a result of being banned for cheating.

verb

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

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English vacation, vacacion, vacacioun, from Anglo-Norman vacacioun, from Old French vacacion, vacation, from Latin vacātiō. Equivalent to vacate + -ion.

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