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vacates

vacates is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 vacates

What is vacates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Vacates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of vacate.

Words near vacates in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: vacates (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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