VACATION
\ve͡ɪkˈe͡ɪʃən], \veɪkˈeɪʃən], \v_eɪ_k_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of VACATION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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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"
By Princeton University
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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"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The act of vacating; a making void or of no force; as, the vacation of an office or a charter.
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Intermission of a stated employment, procedure, or office; a period of intermission; rest; leisure.
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Intermission of judicial proceedings; the space of time between the end of one term and the beginning of the next; nonterm; recess.
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The intermission of the regular studies and exercises of an educational institution between terms; holidays; as, the spring vacation.
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The time when an office is vacant; esp. (Eccl.), the time when a see, or other spiritual dignity, is vacant.
By Oddity Software
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The act of vacating; a making void or of no force; as, the vacation of an office or a charter.
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Intermission of a stated employment, procedure, or office; a period of intermission; rest; leisure.
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Intermission of judicial proceedings; the space of time between the end of one term and the beginning of the next; nonterm; recess.
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The intermission of the regular studies and exercises of an educational institution between terms; holidays; as, the spring vacation.
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The time when an office is vacant; esp. (Eccl.), the time when a see, or other spiritual dignity, is vacant.
By Noah Webster.
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The act of making empty or leaving without an occupant; a making void; a short or long interruption in work or business; as, he took only a day's vacation; a period of leisure or rest; a holiday.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A vacating or making void, or invalid: freedom from duty, etc.: recess: break in the sittings of law-courts: school and college holidays.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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Act of making void; intermission of a stated employment; intermission of judicial proceedings; the recess between one term and another; the intermission of regular studies and exercises of a college or seminary; the time when a see or other spiritual dignity is vacant; leisure.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Act of making void; the intermission of judicial proceedings; interruption for a time of regular studies at a college or school; intermission of any stated employment.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. [Latin] The act of vacating, making void, or of no force;—intermission of a stated employment, procedure, or office ; specifically, intermission of judicial proceedings; the space of time between the end of one term and the beginning of the next; non-term;—the intermission of the regular studies and exercises of a college or other seminary, when the students have a recess;—the time when a see or other spiritual dignity or office is vacant.
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