vacation

English Online Dictionary. What means vacation‎? What does vacation mean?

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /vəˈkeɪ.ʃ(ə)n/, /veɪˈkeɪ.ʃ(ə)n/
• (General American) enPR: vā-kā′shən, və-, IPA^(key): /veɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/, /vəˈkeɪ.ʃ(ə)n/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən, -eɪʃn
• Hyphenation: va‧ca‧tion

Noun

vacation (countable and uncountable, plural vacations)

1. Freedom from some business or activity. [from 14th c.]
2. (obsolete) Free time given over to a specific purpose; occupation, activity. [15th–17th c.]
3. A period during which official activity or business is formally suspended; an official holiday from university, law courts etc. [from 15th c.]
4. A stretch of leisure time away from work or duty and devoted to rest or pleasure. [from 19th c.]
5. An extended period of time away from work or school.

6. The act of vacating something; moving out. [from 19th c.]

7. (US, law) The act of making legally void.

Synonyms

• (freedom from some activity): holiday (Commonwealth)
• (free time given over to a specific purpose): annulment, revocation
• (a stretch of leisure time away from work): holiday (Commonwealth); see also Thesaurus:vacation
• (act of vacating something): departure, moveout

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

vacation (third-person singular simple present vacations, present participle vacationing, simple past and past participle vacationed)

1. (intransitive) To spend or take a vacation.

Synonyms

• (UK) go on holiday
• go on vacation
• holiday

Translations

Related terms

• vacate

Anagrams

• Octavian

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /va.ka.sjɔ̃/
• Hyphenation: va‧ca‧tion

Noun

vacation f (plural vacations)

1. (law) session (clarification of this definition is needed)

Further reading

• “vacation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.