VACATIONS | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

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Word: Vacation

Speech Type: Noun

Etymology:

late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin vacatio(n-), from vacare ‘be unoccupied’ (see vacate)

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: vəˈkeɪʃn
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: veɪˈkeɪʃn
Dialects: British English
Definition:

a fixed holiday period between terms in universities and law courts

Short Definition:

fixed holiday period between terms in universities and law courts

Examples:
  • the Easter vacation
Definition:

the action of leaving something one previously occupied

Short Definition:

action of leaving something one previously occupied

Examples:
  • his marriage was the reason for the vacation of his fellowship

Word: Vacation

Speech Type: Verb

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: vəˈkeɪʃn
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: veɪˈkeɪʃn
Dialects: British English
Definition:

take a holiday

Short Definition:

take holiday

Examples:
  • I was vacationing in Europe with my family

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