English Explanatory Dictionary

vacation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An extended trip or journey away from home for rest or pleasure.
  2. An extended period of leisure time away from work or school.
  3. A period during which official activity or business is formally suspended; an official holiday from university, law courts etc.
  4. The act of vacating something; moving out.
  5. The act of making legally void.
  6. Freedom from some business or activity.
  7. Free time given over to a specific purpose; occupation, activity.
verb
  1. To spend or take a vacation.
noun
  1. A user's enforced absence from the Steam video-gaming service and its community, as a result of being banned for cheating.

Pronunciation

/vəˈkeɪ.ʃən/ /veɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ En-us-vacation.ogg /ʋe.keː.ʃən/ /ʋɪ.keː.ʃən/

Word forms

vacation vacations vacationing vacationed

Etymology

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

Synonyms

annual leave break day off getaway holiday leave leave of absence pause recess time away time off vac vacation vaca vacay departure moveout annulment revocation go on holiday go on vacation

Related words

celebration vacate

Derived words

adventurecation baecation come on vacation, leave on probation coolcation daycation foodcation gaycation girlcation grippy socks vacation grippy sock vacation haycation homecation ladycation long vacation mancation microvacation minivacation naycation nearcation nonvacation postvacation prevacation racecation recation sexcation sleepcation staycation summer vacation Vacation Bible Vacation Bible School vacation day vacationer vacationgoer vacation home vacationist Vacationland vacationless vacationship vacation time vaca vacay workcation
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