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[veɪˈkeɪʃn], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a fixed holiday period between terms in universities and law courts
(e.g: the Easter vacation)
- the action of leaving something one previously occupied
(e.g: his marriage was the reason for the vacation of his fellowship)
Phrases:
Origin
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late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin vacatio(n-), from vacare ‘be unoccupied’ (see vacate)
[veɪˈkeɪʃn], (Verb)
Definitions:
- take a holiday
(e.g: I was vacationing in Europe with my family)
Phrases:
Origin
:
late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin vacatio(n-), from vacare ‘be unoccupied’ (see vacate)
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