vacation
An extended trip or journey away from home for rest or pleasure.
Noun 4 meanings
An extended trip or journey away from home for rest or pleasure.
“We were on vacation in Florida this year.”
An extended period of leisure time away from work or school.
“Schoolchildren are on vacation this week.”
A period during which official activity or business is formally suspended; an official holiday from university, law courts etc.
The act of vacating something; moving out.
“The Conservative Party’s vacation of the centre ground gave an opportunity to its opponents.”
Verb 1 meaning
To spend or take a vacation.
“This year, we’re vacationing in Mexico.”
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English vacation, vacacion, vacacioun, from Anglo-Norman vacacioun, from Old French vacacion, vacation, from Latin vacātiō. Equivalent to vacate + -ion.
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VACATION at a glance
VACATION has 8 letters and scores 13 points in Scrabble (V 4 + A 1 + C 3 + A 1 + T 1 + I 1 + O 1 + N 1) and 16 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,594 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with vacation
All rhymesOne letter away
- VOCATION13
- PACATION12
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