vacation
//vəˈkeɪ.ʃən//
Forms
- Plural
- vacations
- present (v1)
- vacation
- past (v2)
- vacationed
- past participle (v3)
- vacationed
- present participle
- vacationing
- 3rd person singular
- vacations
Definitions
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.
1.To spend or take a vacation.
- This year, we’re vacationing in Mexico.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2721
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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Synonyms
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English vacation, vacacion, vacacioun, from Anglo-Norman vacacioun, from Old French vacacion, vacation, from Latin vacātiō.
Equivalent to vacate + -ion.