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.]
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
A vacant mind is open to all suggestions, as the hollow mountain returns all sounds.
While fleeing, the Silverado drove into the front of a marked patrol vehicle and the passenger fired a handgun toward officers, the truck then fled down Cascade Avenue and struck an SUV before crashing into a vacant building at 804 Cascade Avenue.
China has the world's largest tourist population...and the largest number of vacant houses in its domestic market, which form a fertile ground for the house sharing market.
Blight, vacant and abandoned property is a concern for all homeowners. For themselves, for their safety, as well as for the safety of their kids and their loved ones.
After a lengthy review and period of deliberation, the International Boxing Federation has vacated the IBF Middleweight title held by Gennady Golovkin, the IBF had to enforce the penalty under Rule 5H for Gennady Golovkin having participated in an unsanctioned contest within his weight class and declare the IBF Middleweight title vacant.
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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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