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vacation

noun, verb — 9 senses

vacation

nounalso spelled VACation

UK /vəˈkeɪ.ʃən/ · US /veɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/

Etymology Inherited from Middle English vacation, vacacion, vacacioun, from Anglo-Norman vacacioun, from Old French vacacion, vacation, from Latin vacātiō. Equivalent to vacate + -ion.

7 senses
  1. 1An extended trip or journey away from home for rest or pleasure.
  2. 2An extended period of leisure time away from work or school.
  3. 3A period during which official activity or business is…
  4. 4The act of vacating something; moving out.
  5. 5The act of making legally void.
  6. 6Freedom from some business or activity.
  7. 7Free time given over to a specific purpose; occupation, activity.
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.
5

Law US The act of making legally void.

6

General Freedom from some business or activity.

7

Obsolete 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.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 28, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
Synonyms
annual leave, break, day off, getaway, holiday, leave, leave of absence, pause, recess, time away, time off, vac, vacation, vaca, vacay
Derived terms
44 termsadventurecation, baecation, come on vacation, leave on probation, coolcation, daycation, foodcation, gaycation, girlcation, grippy socks vacation, grippy sock vacation, haycation, homecation, ladycation, long vacation, mancation, microvacation, minivacation, naycation, nearcation, nonvacation, postvacation, prevacation, racecation, recation, sexcation, sleepcation, staycation, summer vacation, Vacation Bible, Vacation Bible School, vacation day, vacation dick, vacationer, vacationgoer, vacation home, vacationist, vacationland, Vacationland, vacationless, vacationship, vacation time, vaca, vacay, workcation
Related terms
celebration
Hyponyms
long weekend, minibreak, staycation, bank holiday, busman's holiday, national holiday, privilege day, public holiday
Holonyms
holiday season

vacation

verb

Etymology Inherited from Middle English vacation, vacacion, vacacioun, from Anglo-Norman vacacioun, from Old French vacacion, vacation, from Latin vacātiō. Equivalent to vacate + -ion.

1

To spend or take a vacation.

  • This year, we’re vacationing in Mexico.
Synonyms
go on holiday, go on vacation, holiday
Related terms
vacate

VACation

noun

Etymology From VAC, initials of the Valve Anti-Cheat software, and vacation.

1

Video games Slang A user's enforced absence from the Steam video-gaming service and its community, as a result of being banned for cheating.

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — authors: page histories for vacation and VACation.

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