vacation
(noun) the act of making something legally void
vacation, holiday
(noun) leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure; “we get two weeks of vacation every summer”; “we took a short holiday in Puerto Rico”
vacation, holiday
(verb) spend or take a vacation
Source: WordNet® 3.1
vacation (countable and uncountable, plural vacations)
Freedom from some business or activity. [from 14th c.]
(obsolete) Free time given over to a specific purpose; occupation, activity. [15th-17th c.]
A period during which official activity or business is formally suspended; an official holiday from university, law courts etc. [from 15th c.]
(North America) A holiday; a stretch of leisure time away from work or duty and devoted to rest or pleasure. [from 19th c.]
The act of vacating something; moving out. [from 19th c.]
(US, legal) The act of making legally void.
• (freedom from some activity): holiday (UK)
• (free time given over to a specific purpose): annulment, revocation
• (a stretch of leisure time away from work): holiday (UK); see also vacation
• (act of vacating something): departure, moveout
vacation (third-person singular simple present vacations, present participle vacationing, simple past and past participle vacationed)
(intransitive) To spend or take a vacation.
• (UK) go on holiday
• go on vacation
• holiday
• Octavian
Source: Wiktionary
Va*ca"tion, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. vacatio a being free from a duty, service, etc., fr. vacare. See Vacate.]
1. The act of vacating; a making void or of no force; as, the vacation of an office or a charter.
2. Intermission of a stated employment, procedure, or office; a period of intermission; rest; leisure. It was not in his nature, however, at least till years had chastened it, to take any vacation from controversy. Palfrey. Hence, specifically: -(a) (Law)
Definition: Intermission of judicial proceedings; the space of time between the end of one term and the beginning of the next; nonterm; recess. "With lawyers in the vacation." Shak. (b) The intermission of the regular studies and exercises of an educational institution between terms; holidays; as, the spring vacation. (c) The time when an office is vacant; esp. (Eccl.), the time when a see, or other spiritual dignity, is vacant.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 June 2025
(noun) an elongated leather strip (or a strip of similar material) for binding things together or holding something in position
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
