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semivacant

semivacant adjective: partly or somewhat vacant.

Adjective

semivacant (not comparable)

  1. Partly or somewhat vacant.
    • Give any information possible at the present time as to the type of sites (slum, semivacant, or vacant) on which the projects are to be built.1946, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency, General Housing Act of 1945: Hearings, page 255

Origin of semivacant

From semi- + vacant.

Questions about semivacant

What does semivacant mean?
Semivacant means partly or somewhat vacant.
What part of speech is semivacant?
Semivacant is an adjective.

Words near semivacant in the dictionary

  1. semiurgic
  2. semiurgically
  3. semiurgy
  4. semivacancies
  5. semivacancy
  6. semivacant
  7. semivalid
  8. semivalue
  9. semivalues
  10. semivalvate
  11. semivalvular

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