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vacationing

vacationing is the present participle and gerund of vacation.

Meaning of vacation

Verb

vacation (third-person singular simple present vacations, present participle vacationing, simple past and past participle vacationed)

  1. (intransitive) To spend or take a vacation.
    • This year, we’re vacationing in Mexico.

See all 9 meanings of vacation

Noun

vacationing (plural vacationings)

  1. The taking of a vacation or holiday.

Forms of vacationing

pluralvacationings

Words formed from vacationing

Questions about vacationing

What does vacationing mean?
Vacationing means the taking of a vacation or holiday.
What is vacationing the present participle and gerund of?
Vacationing is the present participle and gerund of vacation.
What part of speech is vacationing?
Vacationing is a noun.
What is the plural of vacationing?
The plural of vacationing is vacationings.

Words near vacationing in the dictionary

  1. vacationed
  2. vacationer
  3. vacationers
  4. vacationgoer
  5. vacationgoers
  6. vacationing
  7. vacationings
  8. vacationist
  9. vacationists
  10. vacationland
  11. Vacationlander

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Adapted from Wiktionary: vacationing (page history and authors); vacation (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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