vacation.
An extended trip or journey away from home for rest or pleasure.
Meaning & usage
An extended trip or journey away from home for rest or pleasure.
We were on vacation in Florida this year.
An extended period of leisure time away from work or school.
Schoolchildren are on vacation this week.
A period during which official activity or business is formally suspended; an official holiday from university, law courts etc.
The act of vacating something; moving out.
The Conservative Party’s vacation of the centre ground gave an opportunity to its opponents.
The act of making legally void.
Freedom from some business or activity.
Free time given over to a specific purpose; occupation, activity.
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Middle English vacation, vacacion, vacacioun, from Anglo-Norman vacacioun, from Old French vacacion, vacation, from Latin vacātiō. Equivalent to vacate + -ion.
To spend or take a vacation.
This year, we’re vacationing in Mexico.
Where this word comes from
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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