vacation
Syllables: va·ca·tionUK/vəˈkeɪ.ʃən//veɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/
vacation noun: an extended trip or journey away from home for rest or pleasure.
Noun (1)
vacation (countable and uncountable, plural vacations)
- An extended trip or journey away from home for rest or pleasure.
- We were on vacation in Florida this year.
- Synonyms:
- holiday
- An extended period of leisure time away from work or school.
- Schoolchildren are on vacation this week.
- Synonyms:
- holiday
- A period during which official activity or business is formally suspended; an official holiday from university, law courts etc.
- The act of vacating something; moving out.
- The Conservative Party’s vacation of the centre ground gave an opportunity to its opponents.
- The act of making legally void.
- Freedom from some business or activity.
- Free time given over to a specific purpose; occupation, activity.
- The first exploited his, sundrie waies, and excelleth in military exploits, and utilitie of his publike vacations.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 28, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- annulment, revocation
Verb
vacation (third-person singular simple present vacations, present participle vacationing, simple past and past participle vacationed)
- To spend or take a vacation.
- This year, we’re vacationing in Mexico.
- Synonyms:
- go on holiday, go on vacation, holiday
Noun (2) capitalized: VACation
VACation (countable and uncountable, plural VACations)
vacation meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
vacation in Hindi
- period of leisure time
- छुट्टी chuṭṭī
vacation in Tamil
- விடுவு, அலுவகத்திற்கோ, பாடசாலைக்கோ
vacation in Urdu
- period of leisure time
- چُھٹّی chuṭṭī, تَعْطِیل ta'tīl, تَعْطِیلات ta'tīlāt
vacation in Bengali
- অবকাশ, ছুটি, অবসর, বন্ধ
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- vacation in Malayalam
- അവധിക്കാലം
- vacation in Kannada
- ಪೆರ್ಬಿಡುವು, ಬಿಡುಗಾಲ, ರಜೆ, ಬಿಡುವು
- vacation in Sinhala
- නිවාඩුව niwāḍuwa
- vacation in Arabic
- عُطْلَة ʕuṭla, إِجَازَة ʔijāza
- vacation in Malay
- cuti
- vacation in Thai
- วันหยุด wan-yùt
- vacation in Vietnamese
- kì nghỉ, nghỉ lễ, đi nghỉ, nghỉ mát
- vacation in Myanmar
- အားလပ်ရက် a:lap-rak, အလုပ်ပိတ်ရက် a.luppitrak
Examples of vacation in a sentence
- We thoroughly enjoyed our vacation in Britain. We visited England, Wales, and Scotland.
- All this sun spoils me for vacations in the far North.
- Hey, did you mean to leave the airs on all week while you were on vacation?
Synonyms of vacation
- holiday
- departure
- moveout
- annulment
- revocation
- go on holiday
- go on vacation
- annual leave
- break
- day off
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Forms of vacation
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | vacations |
| plural | VACations |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | vacations |
| present participle | vacationing |
| past participle | vacationed |
| past | vacationed |
Origin of vacation
Inherited from Middle English vacation, vacacion, vacacioun, from Anglo-Norman vacacioun, from Old French vacacion, vacation, from Latin vacātiō. Equivalent to vacate + -ion.
From VAC, initials of the Valve Anti-Cheat software, and vacation.
Words formed from vacation
- adventurecation
- baecation
- come on vacation, leave on probation
- coolcation
- daycation
- flexcation
- foodcation
- gaycation
- girlcation
- grippy socks vacation
- grippy sock vacation
- haycation
- homecation
- ladycation
- long vacation
- mancation
- microvacation
- minivacation
- nakation
- naycation
- nearcation
- nonvacation
- postvacation
- prevacation
- racecation
- recation
- sexcation
- sleepcation
- staycation
- summer vacation
- vacational
- Vacation Bible
- Vacation Bible School
- vacation day
- vacation dick
- vacationer
- vacationgoer
- vacation home
- vacationist
- Vacationland
- vacationless
- vacationship
- vacation time
- vacationy
- vaca
- vacay
- vaxication
- workcation
Phrases with vacation
Words that rhyme with vacation
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
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- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about vacation
- What does vacation mean?
- Vacation means an extended trip or journey away from home for rest or pleasure.
- What is vacation in Hindi?
- Vacation in Hindi is छुट्टी (chuṭṭī). See Vacation meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is vacation?
- Vacation can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce vacation?
- Vacation is pronounced /vəˈkeɪ.ʃən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of vacation?
- The plural of vacation is vacations.
Words near vacation in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: vacation (page history and authors); VACation (page history and authors); vacation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); vacation (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); vacation (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); vacation (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); නිවාඩුව (Sinhala) (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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