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va·ca·tion 
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Audio Help [vey-key-shuhn, vuh-] Pronunciation Key –noun
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| 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. |
| 5. | to take or have a vacation: to vacation in the Caribbean. |
| Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006. |
Vacation
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| va·ca·tion
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n.
intr.v. va·ca·tioned, va·ca·tion·ing, va·ca·tions To take or spend a vacation. [Middle English vacacioun, from Old French vacation, from Latin vacātiō, vacātiōn-, freedom from occupation, from vacātus, past participle of vacāre, to be empty, at leisure; see euə- in Indo-European roots.] va·ca'tion·er, va·ca'tion·eer' (-shə-nîr') n. |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
vacation
c.1386, "freedom or release" (from some activity or occupation), from O.Fr. vacation, from L. vacationem (nom. vacatio) "leisure, a being free from duty," from vacare "be empty, free, or at leisure" (see vain). Meaning "formal suspension of activity" (in ref. to schools, courts, etc.) is recorded from c.1456. As the U.S. equivalent of what in Britain is called a "holiday," it is attested from 1878.
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
| vacation | |
noun | |
| 1. | leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure; "we get two weeks of vacation every summer"; "we took a short holiday in Puerto Rico" |
| 2. | the act of making something legally void |
verb | |
| 1. | spend or take a vacation |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
vacation [vəˈkeiʃən, (American) vei-] noun
a holiday
Example: a summer vacation
vacation [vəˈkeiʃən, (American) vei-] verbExample: a summer vacation
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(American) to take a holiday
Example: He vacationed in Paris last year.
See also: on vacationExample: He vacationed in Paris last year.
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| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
Vacation
Va*ca"tion\, n. [F., fr. L. vacatio a being free from a duty, service, etc., fr. vacare. See Vacate.]1. The act of vacating; a making void or of no force; as, the vacation of an office or a charter. 2. Intermission of a stated employment, procedure, or office; a period of intermission; rest; leisure. It was not in his nature, however, at least till years had chastened it, to take any vacation from controversy. --Palfrey. Hence, specifically: (a) (Law) Intermission of judicial proceedings; the space of time between the end of one term and the beginning of the next; nonterm; recess. "With lawyers in the vacation." --Shak. (b) The intermission of the regular studies and exercises of an educational institution between terms; holidays; as, the spring vacation. (c) The time when an office is vacant; esp. (Eccl.), the time when a see, or other spiritual dignity, is vacant.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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