vacation

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Freedom from some business or activity.
2. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Free time given over to a specific purpose; occupation, activity.
3. (countable, uncountable) A period during which official activity or business is formally suspended; an official holiday from university, law courts etc.
4. (countable, uncountable) A stretch of leisure time away from work or duty and devoted to rest or pleasure.
5. (countable, uncountable) An extended period of time away from work or school.
6. (countable, uncountable) The act of vacating something; moving out.
7. (US, countable, uncountable) The act of making legally void.

Verb

To spend or take a vacation.

Synonyms

holiday

leave

holidays

time off

spare time

rest

leisure

recess

holidays

break

recreation

furlough

stop

🛑

visit

leave of absence

day off

sojorn

stay

discharge

lay off

national holiday

nullification

outmigration

pass

pause

paying off

playtime

respite

sack

school

🏫

spend

summer

🏖️

suspension

time

⌚

undoing

vacationing

vacations

vitiation

aestivate

otioseness

take a rest

vac

abortion

take a vacation

hols

holiday

absence

adjournment

areola

autumn

Translations

vacances

congé

Ferien

vacaciones

vakantie

Urlaub

vacanza

férias

vacanze

ferie

verlof

vacance

αργία

Pronounced as (IPA)

/vəˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: vacation

In summary

Inherited from Middle English vacation, vacacion, vacacioun, from Anglo-Norman vacacioun, from Old French vacacion, vacation, from Latin vacātiō. Equivalent to vacate + -ion.