vacation

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Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure
  2. noun the act of making something legally void
  3. verb spend or take a vacation

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English vacation, vacacion, vacacioun, from Anglo-Norman vacacioun, from Old French vacacion, vacation, from Latin vacātiō. Equivalent to vacate + -ion.

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Synonyms

holiday

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