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vacation

noun
/vəˈkeɪ.ʃən/UK/veɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/US/ʋe.keː.ʃən/

Etymology

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

  1. derived from vacātiō
  2. derived from vacacion
  3. derived from vacacioun
  4. inherited from vacation

Definitions

  1. An extended trip or journey away from home for rest or pleasure.

    • We were on vacation in Florida this year.

  2. An extended period of leisure time away from work or school.

    • Schoolchildren are on vacation this week.

  3. A period during which official activity or business is formally suspended

    A period during which official activity or business is formally suspended; an official holiday from university, law courts etc.

  4. ›+ 6 more definitions

    1. The act of vacating something

      The act of vacating something; moving out.

      • The Conservative Party’s vacation of the centre ground gave an opportunity to its opponents.

    2. The act of making legally void.

    3. Freedom from some business or activity.

    4. Free time given over to a specific purpose

      Free time given over to a specific purpose; occupation, activity.

      • The first exploited his, sundrie waies, and excelleth in military exploits, and utilitie of his publike vacations.

    5. To spend or take a vacation.

      • This year, we’re vacationing in Mexico.

    6. A user's enforced absence from the Steam video-gaming service and its community, as a…

      A user's enforced absence from the Steam video-gaming service and its community, as a result of being banned for cheating.

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Derived

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 · +2 more

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for vacation. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA