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 Definitions of Vacation  [ɪˈkeɪ ʃən, və-]  

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Definition of 'Vacation' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) vacation
a period of suspension of regular work, study, or other activity, usu. used for rest, recreation, or travel.

2.  vacation
freedom or release from duty, business, or activity.

3.  vacation
an act or instance of vacating.

4. (v.i.) vacation
to take or have a vacation.

Etymology:  (1350–1400; ME vacacioun < AF < L vacātiō exemption from duty, vacation; see vacate , -tion)

Definition of 'Vacation' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) vacation, 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"

2. (verb) vacation
the act of making something legally void

3. (verb) vacation, holiday
spend or take a vacation


Definition of 'Vacation' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) vacation
a period when sb does not work, usually to travel for pleasure
How was your vacation?; We're going on vacation in July.; The family took a vacation in Mexico.

2.  vacation
take a vacation
a period when school is closed
summer/spring/winter vacation

3. (verb) vacation
to travel while on vacation
They like to vacation in the Bahamas.


Definition of 'Vacation' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Vacation
the act of vacating; a making void or of no force; as, the vacation of an office or a charter

2. (noun) Vacation
intermission of a stated employment, procedure, or office; a period of intermission; rest; leisure

3. (noun) Vacation
intermission of judicial proceedings; the space of time between the end of one term and the beginning of the next; nonterm; recess

4. (noun) Vacation
the intermission of the regular studies and exercises of an educational institution between terms; holidays; as, the spring vacation

5. (noun) Vacation
the time when an office is vacant; esp. (Eccl.), the time when a see, or other spiritual dignity, is vacant


Definitions of 'Vacation' The Roycroft Dictionary 

Vacation
A period of increased and pleasurable activity when your wife is at the seashore.


Translation of 'Vacation' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a holiday
a summer vacation.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: vakansie Arabic flag Arabic: عُطْلَه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: ваканция
Brazilian flag Brazilian: férias Czech flag Czech: prázdniny; dovolená German flag German: die Ferien(pl.)
Danish flag Danish: ferie; -ferie Greek flag Greek: διακοπές Spanish flag Spanish: vacaciones
Estonian flag Estonian: puhkus Farsi flag Farsi: تعطیلی Finnish flag Finnish: loma
French flag French: vacances Hebrew flag Hebrew: חוּפשָה Hindi flag Hindi: अवकाश
Croatian flag Croatian: odmor Hungarian flag Hungarian: vakáció Indonesian flag Indonesian: liburan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: sumarfrí Italian flag Italian: vacanza Japanese flag Japanese: 休暇
Korean flag Korean: 방학, 휴가 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: atostogos Latvian flag Latvian: brīvdienas; (amer.) atvaļ
Malay flag Malay: cuti Dutch flag Dutch: vakantie Norwegian flag Norwegian: ferie
Polish flag Polish: ferie, wakacje Persian flag Persian: تعطیلی Pashto flag Pashto: رخصتى، دمه،سياله
Portuguese flag Portuguese: férias Romanian flag Romanian: vacanţă Russian flag Russian: отпуск; каникулы
Slovak flag Slovak: prázdniny; dovolenka Slovenian flag Slovenian: počitnice Serbian flag Serbian: odmor
Swedish flag Swedish: semester Thai flag Thai: ช่วงปิดภาคเรียน Turkish flag Turkish: tatil
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 假期 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: канікули; відпустка Urdu flag Urdu: تعطيل، چھٹي
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: kì nghỉ lễ Chinese flag Chinese: 假期

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