vacation
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Definition of vacation
9 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(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
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(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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(countable, uncountable)An extended period of leisure time away from work or school.
“Schoolchildren are on vacation this week.”
- (countable, uncountable)A period during which official activity or business is formally suspended; an official holiday from university, law courts etc.
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(countable, uncountable)The act of vacating something; moving out.
“The Conservative Party’s vacation of the centre ground gave an opportunity to its opponents.”
- (US, countable, uncountable)The act of making legally void.
- (countable, general, uncountable)Freedom from some business or activity.
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(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.”
- (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
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(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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