vacation
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ʃən, və- noun
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.
verb (used without object)
5.
to take or have a vacation: to vacation in the Caribbean.
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Vacation
is one of our favorite verbs.
So is skedaddle. Does it mean:
| to run away hurriedly; flee. |
| to flee; abscond: |
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World English Dictionary
vacation (vəˈkeɪʃən) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | chiefly (Brit) a period of the year when the law courts or universities are closed |
| 2. | chiefly (US), (Canadian) Also called (in Britain and certain other countries) holiday a period in which a break is taken from work or studies for rest, travel, or recreation |
| 3. | the act of departing from or abandoning property, etc |
| —vb | |
| 4. | (US), (Canadian) (intr) to take a vacation; holiday |
| [C14: from Latin vacātiō freedom, from vacāre to be empty] | |
| va'cationless | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
vacation
late 14c., "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, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Slang Dictionary
vacation definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Example sentences
If you work for a retail department store, you do not have the right for sick leave, and vacation time is a big joke.
The venture is no working vacation for environmental advocates.
Find vacation and luxury homes in metropolitan areas.
And your vacation photos will be way, way different.
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