What does vacant mean?
Definitions for vacant
ˈveɪ kəntva·cant
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word vacant.
Princeton's WordNet
vacantadjective
void of thought or knowledge
"a vacant mind"
vacantadjective
without an occupant or incumbent
"the throne is never vacant"
GCIDE
Vacantadjective
Not filled or occupied by an incumbent, possessor, or officer; unoccupied; as, a vacant throne; a vacant house; a vacant apartment; a vacant parish.
Wiktionary
vacantadjective
Not occupied; empty.
vacant lot
vacantadjective
Showing no intelligence or interest.
a vacant stare
ChatGPT
vacant
Vacant refers to a place, position, or status that is not occupied by a person or intended item. It suggests emptiness or availability due to absence.
Webster Dictionary
Vacantadjective
deprived of contents; not filled; empty; as, a vacant room
Vacantadjective
unengaged with business or care; unemployed; unoccupied; disengaged; free; as, vacant hours
Vacantadjective
not filled or occupied by an incumbent, possessor, or officer; as, a vacant throne; a vacant parish
Vacantadjective
empty of thought; thoughtless; not occupied with study or reflection; as, a vacant mind
Vacantadjective
abandoned; having no heir, possessor, claimant, or occupier; as, a vacant estate
Etymology: [F., fr. L. vacans, -antis, p. pr. of vacare to be empty, to be free or unoccupied, to have leisure, also vocare; akin to vacuus empty, and probably to E. void. Cf. Evacuate, Void, a.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Vacant
vā′kant, adj. empty: free: not occupied by an incumbent or possessor: not occupied with study, &c.: thoughtless, inane.—n. Vā′cancy, emptiness: idleness: empty space, void or gap between bodies: a situation unoccupied: (Shak.) unoccupied or leisure time.—adv. Vā′cantly.—v.t. Vacāte′, to leave empty: to quit possession of: (obs.) to annul, to make useless.—ns. Vacā′tion, a vacating or making void or invalid: freedom from, duty, &c.: recess: break in the sittings of law-courts: school and college holidays; Vacā′tionist, one travelling for pleasure.—adj. Vacā′tionless.—n. Vacā′tur, the act of annulling in law. [Fr.,—L. vacans, -antis, pr.p. of vacāre, -ātum, to be empty.]
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of vacant in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of vacant in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of vacant in a Sentence
Then everything just, literally, there was nobody here, so these buildings sat totally vacant. Nothing going on out here for a number of years.
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev:
If we imagine for a minute that Russia has given up this role (of arms seller), we well understand that this place will not stay vacant.
He was sort of vacant. He was very relaxed, he was very calm and sort of disconnected ... not displaying any outward emotion or any outward sign of real engagement in what's going on, he was very sweaty. He smelled bad.
The most wonderful revenge you can have is by dumping an attractive, vacant man for an uglier one. That way all of his friends can scratch their heads, and for the next year or so wonder why.
Theropods were ready understudies for vacant top predator niches when large-bodied crocs and their relatives bowed out, predatory dinosaurs went on to fill these roles exclusively for the next 135 million years.
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- خاليArabic
- vacant, vacuCatalan, Valencian
- ledigDanish
- leer, vakant, nichtssagend, frei, ausdruckslosGerman
- vacanteSpanish
- vapaaFinnish
- vide, niaisFrench
- üresHungarian
- kosong, lowongIndonesian
- vacanteItalian
- 空Japanese
- 빈, 비다Korean
- چۆڵKurdish
- paoMāori
- leegDutch
- vagoPortuguese
- golRomanian
- досу́жий, неза́нятый, бессмы́сленный, вака́нтный, пусто́й, свобо́дный, пра́здный, отсу́тствующийRussian
- ledig, frånvarande, tom, innehållslös, uttryckslösSwedish
- вакантнийUkrainian
- 空的Chinese
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