Vacation Definition
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English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA: /vəˈkeɪʃn/, /vəˈkeɪʃən/
- (US) enPR: vā-kā'shən, IPA: /veɪˈkeɪʃn/, /veɪˈkeɪʃən/, SAMPA: /veI"keIS@n/
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Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -eɪʃən, -eɪʃn
Noun
vacation (plural vacations)
- (US) leisure time, at least a whole day but usually longer (typical are one to three weeks), away from work or duty and devoted to rest or pleasure.
- (US) (law) the act of making legally void.
- the act of vacating something; moving out of something.
- The Conservative Party’s vacation of the centre ground gave an opportunity to its opponents.
- a holiday period for a law court or university.
Usage notes
Definition 1 is not found in the UK, where the term holiday is used instead; in the US a holiday is normally a single day. For example, many companies give two holiday days at Thanksgiving.
In Canada and Australia, vacation and holiday are both used in sense 1.
Definition 4 is current throughout the English-speaking world.
Synonyms
- (UK) holiday (1,4), annulment (2), revocation (2)
Verb
to vacation (third-person singular simple present vacations, present participle vacationing, simple past and past participle vacationed)
- (intransitive) To spend or take a vacation.
- This year, we’re vacationing in Mexico.
Synonyms
Translations
to spend or take a vacation
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