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vacation

[vey-key-shuhn, vuh-]

noun

  1. a period of suspension of work, study, or other activity, usually used for rest, recreation, or travel; recess or holiday.

    Schoolchildren are on vacation now.

  2. a part of the year, regularly set aside, when normal activities of law courts, legislatures, etc., are suspended.

  3. freedom or release from duty, business, or activity.

  4. an act or instance of vacating.



verb (used without object)

  1. to take or have a vacation.

    to vacation in the Caribbean.

vacation

/ ±¹É™Ëˆ°ì±ðɪʃə²Ô /

noun

  1. a period of the year when the law courts or universities are closed

  2. a period in which a break is taken from work or studies for rest, travel, or recreation Also called (in Britain and certain other countries) holiday

  3. the act of departing from or abandoning property, etc

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. (intr) to take a vacation; holiday

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms

  • vacationer noun
  • vacationist noun
  • vacationless adjective
  • minivacation noun
  • prevacation noun
  • ±¹²¹Ëˆ³¦²¹³Ù¾±´Ç²Ô±ô±ð²õ²õ adjective
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of vacation1

First recorded in 1350–1400; from Latin ±¹²¹³¦Äå³Ù¾±Å²Ô-, stem of ±¹²¹³¦Äå³Ù¾±Å “freedom from somethingâ€; equivalent to vacate + -ion; replacing Middle English vacacioun, from Anglo-French
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of vacation1

C14: from Latin ±¹²¹³¦Äå³Ù¾±Å freedom, from ±¹²¹³¦Äå°ù±ð to be empty
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“Parkinson’s doesn’t take any vacations, it doesn’t take any days off, we have to be on top of our game, we have to be proactive in our fight,†Hould said.

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Yes, Jess Walter has created a dying American actress and a film producer in his new novel, but he says the novel was inspired by his mother and a vacation to Italy.

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The year abroad is a kind of homecoming for Serk, yet it’s cut short one August evening as father and daughter stroll across a beach while on vacation.

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Stories are flooding media overseas of capricious denials and detentions at U.S. border crossings, raising concern among international tourists over spending top dollar on vacations to America that may end up disrupted, or never materialize.

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Next season, while the Lakers are on vacation, are we going to see Austin Reaves in the playoffs wearing another team’s uniform because the Lakers traded him while coddling an aged star?

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