vacation
IPA: veɪkˈeɪʃʌn
noun
- Freedom from some business or activity.
- (obsolete) Free time given over to a specific purpose; occupation, activity.
- A period during which official activity or business is formally suspended; an official holiday from university, law courts etc.
- (Canada, US) A holiday; a stretch of leisure time away from work or duty and devoted to rest or pleasure.
- An extended period of time away from work or school.
- The act of vacating something; moving out.
- (US, law) The act of making legally void.
- (video games, slang) A user's enforced absence from the Steam video-gaming service and its community, as a result of being banned for cheating.
verb
- (intransitive) To spend or take a vacation.
Examples of "vacation" in Sentences
- Hope the vacation is enjoyable.
- Children are on the vacation at the seaside.
- The people went to the resort for a vacation.
- Lucile Ball spent the vacation at the Carefree Resort.
- Lucile Ball used to spend her vacation at the Carefree Resort.
- A section on the history of the vacation would be interesting.