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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun vacation has 2 senses
- vacation(n = noun.time) holiday - 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" is a kind of leisure, leisure time
- vacation(n = noun.act) Array - the act of making something legally void; Array is a kind of abrogation, annulment, repeal
has particulars: half-term, vac, field day, outing, picnic, honeymoon, paid vacation
Derived forms verb vacation1, noun vacationist1
Derived form verb vacate3
Verb vacation has 1 sense
- vacation(v = verb.stative) holiday - spend or take a vacation; Array is one way to pass, spend
Derived forms noun vacation1, noun vacationer1, noun vacationing1, noun vacationist1
Sample sentences:
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CIDE DICTIONARY
vacation, n. [F., fr. L. vacatio a being free from a duty, service, etc., fr. vacare. See Vacate.].
- The act of vacating; a making void or of no force; as, the vacation of an office or a charter. [1913 Webster]
- Intermission of a stated employment, procedure, or office; a period of intermission; rest; leisure. [1913 Webster]"It was not in his nature, however, at least till years had chastened it, to take any vacation from controversy." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
vacation, n. & v.
--n.
1 a fixed period of cessation from work, esp. in universities and lawcourts.
2 US a holiday.
3 the act of vacating (a house or post etc.).
--v.intr. US take a holiday.
--n.
1 a fixed period of cessation from work, esp. in universities and lawcourts.
2 US a holiday.
3 the act of vacating (a house or post etc.).
--v.intr. US take a holiday.
Idiom
vacation land US an area providing attractions for holidaymakers.
Derivative
vacationer n. vacationist n.
Etymology
ME f. OF vacation or L vacatio (as VACATE)
THESAURUS
vacation
AWOL, Christmas, French leave, Sunday, abeyance, abolishment, abolition, abrogation, abscondence, absence, absence without leave, absentation, absenteeism, absenting, annulment, break, breathing space, caesura, cancel, canceling, cancellation, cassation, cease-fire, coffee break, countermand, counterorder, cut, day off, default, defeasance, departure, disappearance, downtime, drop, escape, excused absence, fleeing, furlough, go on furlough, go on leave, half time, half-time intermission, hesitation, holiday, hooky, interim, interlude, intermezzo, intermission, intermittence, interregnum, interruption, interval, invalidation, lapse, layoff, leave, leave of absence, leaving, letup, liberty, lull, make holiday, nonappearance, nonattendance, nullification, off-time, paid holiday, paid vacation, pause, plateau, point of repose, quiet spell, recall, recantation, recess, relief, remission, renege, repeal, rescinding, rescindment, rescission, respite, rest, resting point, retraction, reversal, revocation, revoke, revokement, running away, sabbatical, sabbatical leave, sabbatical year, setting aside, shore leave, sick leave, stand-down, stay, suspension, take a holiday, take leave, time off, time out, truancy, truantism, truce, unexcused absence, vacatur, voidance, voiding, waiver, waiving, weekend, withdrawal, write-offROGET THESAURUS
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Repose
N repose, rest, silken repose, sleep, relaxation, breathing time, halt, stay, pause, respite, day of rest, dies non, Sabbath, Lord's day, holiday, red-letter day, vacation, recess, reposing, relaxed, unstrained, unstressed, at rest, The best of men have ever loved repose, to repair our nature with comforting repose.
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