Vacation

What do we mean by vacation?

A period of time devoted to pleasure, rest, or relaxation, especially one with pay granted to an employee. noun

A holiday. noun

A fixed period of holidays, especially one during which a school, court, or business suspends activities. noun

The act or an instance of vacating. noun

To take or spend a vacation. intransitive verb

The act of vacating. noun

A space of time, or a condition, in which there is an intermission of a stated employment or procedure; a stated interval in a round of duties; a holiday. noun

Specifically— In law, temporary cessation of judicial proceedings; the space of time between the end of one term of court and the beginning of the next; the period during which a court holds no sessions; recess; non-term. In England the vacations are—Christmas vacation, commencing on December 24th and ending January 6th; Easter vacation, commencing on Good Friday and ending on Easter Tuesday; Whitsun vacation, commencing on the Saturday before and ending on the Tuesday after Whitsunday; and the long vacation, commencing on August 13th and ending on October 23d. noun

The intermission of the regular studies of an educational institution of any kind, when the students have a recess; holidays: as, the summer vacation. noun

The act of becoming vacant; avoidance: said especially of a see or other spiritual dignity. noun

Freedom from duty; leisure time. noun

The act of vacating; a making void or of no force. noun

Intermission of a stated employment, procedure, or office; a period of intermission; rest; leisure. noun

Intermission of judicial proceedings; the space of time between the end of one term and the beginning of the next; nonterm; recess. noun

A period of intermission of regular paid work or employment, or of studies and exercises at an educational institution; the time during which a person temporarily ceases regular duties of any kind and performs other activites, usually some form of liesure; holidays; recess (at a school). Vacation is typically used for rest, travel, or recreation, but may be used for any purpose. In Britain this sense of vacation is usually referred to as holiday. noun

The time when an office is vacant noun

(law) the act of making legally void. noun

To spend or take a vacation. verb

The act of making something legally void noun

Freedom from some business or activity.

Free time given over to a specific purpose; occupation, activity.

A period during which official activity or business is formally suspended; an official holiday from university, law courts etc.

A holiday; a stretch of leisure time away from work or duty and devoted to rest or pleasure.

The act of vacating something; moving out.

The act of making legally void.

Words that are spelled similarly to vacation:
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Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word vacation:
vacations, resorts, rental, resort, destination, holidays, homes, spot, holiday, trip, hotels, hawaii, cottage, disney, cruise, cabin, sick, retreat, trips, spots, ranch, beach, tourist, travel, bible, wealthy, hotel, spend, vegas, visit, tourism.

Words that rhyme with vacation:
communication, information, operation, education, implication, station, innovation, organization, application, foundation, consideration, accommodation, association, relation, connotation, aberration, corporation, aspiration, orientation, remuneration, consternation, correlation, alliteration, administration, trepidation, obligation, discrimination, generation, reconciliation, inspiration, situation, revelation, evaluation, determination, civilization, nation, collaboration, radiation, motivation, integration, abomination, precipitation, appreciation, gentrification, dissertation, collocation, designation, interpretation, compensation, ramification, conversation, configuration, proliferation, expectation, manifestation, indignation, litigation, cooperation, notation, inclination, pronunciation, anticipation, deviation, implementation, approbation, sensation, altercation, constellation, affirmation, remediation, reputation, transportation, vocation, obfuscation, representation, medication, transformation, translation, conservation, adaptation, presentation, population, conflagration, reservation, dedication, citation, salvation, rehabilitation, location, meditation, preparation, observation, segregation, articulation, variation, abbreviation, quotation, edification, mitigation, avocation.

Adjectives that are often used to describe vacation:
long, week, short, first, annual, little, next, last, paid, extended, brief, real, day, nice, european, month, pleasant, entire, wonderful, free, perfect, recent, mini, happy, needed, longer, planned, regular, permanent, usual, earned, yearly, deserved, caribbean, restful, hawaiian, enjoyable, ideal, quiet, year, prolonged, delightful, occasional, expensive, extra, tropical, twoweek, glorious, memorable, favorite, lengthy, exotic, romantic, unused, unexpected, awaited, weeklong, overdue, lovely, exciting, forced, perpetual, unpaid, fabulous, longest, carefree, mexican, weeks.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective vacation:
work, fiction.

Consonant match to vacation:
vocation.

Words that sound like vacation:
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