English

Pronunciation

• AHD: vā-kā'shən
• IPA: /vəˈkeɪʃn/, /vəˈkeɪʃən/; Am. Engl. /veɪˈkeɪʃn/, /veɪˈkeɪʃən/
• SAMPA: /veI"keIS@n/

  Rhymes: -eɪʃən, Rhymes: -eɪʃn

Noun

vacation (vacations )

1. (US) Leisure time away from work and devoted to rest or pleasure.
2. (US) The act of making legally void.
3. The act of vacating something; moving out of something.

   The Conservative Party's vacation of the centre ground gave an opportunity to its opponents.

4. A holiday period for a law court or university.

Synonym

• (British) holiday (1,4), annulment (2), revocation (2)

Translations

• Danish: ferie c (1)
• Finnish: loma
• French: vacances f pl (1)
• German: Ferien f pl (1), Urlaub m (1)
• Hungarian: vakáció
• Italian: vacanza f (1)
• Japanese: 旅行 (ryokō, travelling), 休み (yasumi, break from work)
• Portuguese: férias f (1)
• Romanica: vacation f, vacantia f
• Spanish: vacación f (1)
• Vietnamese: period of time + nghỉ hè , period of time + nghỉ lễ (1)

Intransitive verb

vacation (vacations , past tense and past participle: vacationed , vacationing )

1. To spend or take a vacation.

   This year, we're vacationing in Mexico.

Synonym

• (British) go on holiday
• go on vacation
• holiday

Translations

• Danish: tage på ferie
• Finnish: lomailla
• French: aller en vacances
• German: Urlaub machen , Ferien machen
• Italian: andare in vacanza
• Portuguese: sair de férias
• Romanica: vader in vacantias
• Spanish: vacacionar
• Vietnamese: đi nghỉ