First Known Use: 14th century
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1vacation
noun, va·ca·tion often attributive \vā-ˈkā-shən, və-\
: a period of time that a person spends away from home, school, or business usually in order to relax or travel
: the number of days or hours per year for which an employer agrees to pay workers while they are not working
: a time when schools, colleges, and universities are closed
Full Definition of VACATION
1
: a respite or a time of respite from something : intermission
2
a : a scheduled period during which activity (as of a court or school) is suspended b : a period of exemption from work granted to an employee
3
: a period spent away from home or business in travel or recreation <had a restful vacation at the beach>
4
: an act or an instance of vacating
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Origin of VACATION
Middle English vacacioun, from Anglo-French vacacion, from Latin vacation-, vacatio freedom, exemption, from vacare
Rhymes with VACATION
aeration, Alsatian, carnation, castration, causation, cessation, cetacean, citation, Claymation, cognation, collation, conflation, C ration, creation, cremation, crenation, Croatian, crustacean, dalmatian, damnation, deflation, delation, dictation, dilation, donation, earth station, elation, Eurasian, filtration, fixation, flirtation, flotation, formation, foundation, frustration, gas station, gestation, gradation, gustation, guttation, gyration, hydration, inflation, lactation, legation, libation, location, lunation, lustration, luxation, migration, mutation, narration, negation, notation, oblation, oration, outstation, ovation, palmation, palpation, plantation, potation, predation, privation, probation, pronation, proration, prostration, pulsation, punctation, pupation, purgation, relation, rogation, rotation, salvation, sedation, sensation, serration, space station, stagflation, stagnation, starvation, striation, substation, summation, tarnation, taxation, temptation, translation, truncation, vexation, vibration, vocation, way station, workstation
2vacation
verb
: to go somewhere during a vacation
vacationedvacation·ing \-sh(ə-)niŋ\
Full Definition of VACATION
intransitive verb
: to take or spend a vacation <vacationed at the shore>
— va·ca·tion·er \-sh(ə-)nər\ noun
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First Known Use of VACATION
1883
Related to VACATION
- Synonyms
- holiday
VACATIONER Defined for Kids
1vacation
noun va·ca·tion \vā-ˈkā-shən\
Definition of VACATION for Kids
1
: a period during which activity (as of a school) is stopped for a time
2
: a period spent away from home or business in travel or amusement
2vacation
verb
va·ca·tionedva·ca·tion·ing
Definition of VACATION for Kids
: to take or spend a period away from home or business in travel or amusement
— va·ca·tion·er noun
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