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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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Vacating
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
Related forms
va·cat·a·ble, adjective
pre·va·cate, verb (used with object), -cat·ed, -cat·ing.
re·va·cate, verb (used with object), -cat·ed, -cat·ing.
un·va·cat·ed, adjective
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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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