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vacated

vacated is the simple past and past participle of vacate.

Meaning of vacate

Verb

vacate (third-person singular simple present vacates, present participle vacating, simple past and past participle vacated)

  1. To move out of a dwelling or other property, either by choice or by eviction.
    • I have to vacate my house by midday, as the new owner is moving in.
  2. To leave an office or position.
    • He vacated his coaching position because of the corruption scandal.
  3. (transitive) To have a court judgement set aside; to annul.
    • The judge vacated the earlier decision when new evidence was presented.
  4. To leave an area, usually as a result of orders from public authorities in the event of a riot or natural disaster.
    • If you do not immediately vacate the area, we will make you leave with tear gas!

Questions about vacated

What is vacated the simple past and past participle of?
Vacated is the simple past and past participle of vacate.

Words near vacated in the dictionary

  1. vacantness
  2. vacas
  3. vacat
  4. vacatable
  5. vacate
  6. vacated
  7. vacates
  8. vacating
  9. vacation
  10. Vacation Bible
  11. Vacation Bible School

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Adapted from Wiktionary: vacated (page history and authors); vacate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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