VACATABLE
keɪt verb (used with object)
1.
to give up possession or occupancy of: to vacate an apartment.
2.
to give up or relinquish (an office, position, etc.): to vacate the presidency of a firm.
3.
to render inoperative; deprive of validity; void; annul: to vacate a legal judgment.
4.
to cause to be empty or unoccupied; make vacant: to vacate one's mind of worries.
verb (used without object)
5.
to withdraw from occupancy; surrender possession: We will have to vacate when our lease expires.
6.
to give up or leave a position, office, etc.
7.
to leave; go away.
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Related forms
va·cat·a·ble, adjective
pre·va·cate, verb (used with object), pre·va·cat·ed, pre·va·cat·ing.
re·va·cate, verb (used with object), re·va·cat·ed, re·va·cat·ing.
un·va·cat·ed, adjective
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vacate (vəˈkeɪt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to cause (something) to be empty, esp by departing from or abandoning it: to vacate a room |
| 2. | (also intr) to give up the tenure, possession, or occupancy of (a place, post, etc); leave or quit |
| 3. | law |
| a. to cancel or rescind | |
| b. to make void or of no effect; annul | |
| va'catable | |
| —adj | |
| vacate (vəˈkeɪt) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to cause (something) to be empty, esp by departing from or abandoning it: to vacate a room |
| 2. | (also intr) to give up the tenure, possession, or occupancy of (a place, post, etc); leave or quit |
| 3. | law |
| a. to cancel or rescind | |
| b. to make void or of no effect; annul | |
| va'catable | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
vacate
1643, "to make void, to annul," from L. vacatum, pp. of vacare "to be empty" (see vain). Meaning "to leave, give up, quit" (a place) is attested from 1791.
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