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Pronunciation
AHD|v�-k�'sh�n
IPA|/v��keɪ�n/, IPA|/v��keɪ��n/; Am. Engl. IPA|/veɪ�keɪ�n/, IPA|/veɪ�keɪ��n/
SAMPA|/veI"keIS@n/
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪ��n|-eɪ��n, Rhymes:English:-eɪ��n|-eɪ�n

Noun
en-noun

1. US leisure time, at least a whole day but usually longer (typical are one to three weeks), away from work or duty and devoted to rest or pleasure.
2. US law 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.

1. a holiday period for a law court or university.

Usage notes
Definition 1 is not found in the UK, where the term holiday is used instead; in the US a holiday is normally a single day. For example, many companies give two holiday days at Thanksgiving.

In Canada and Australia, vacation and holiday are both used in sense 1.

Definition 4 is current throughout the English-speaking world.

Synonyms
UK holiday (1,4), annulment (2), revocation (2)

Translations
trans-top|leisure time, at least a whole day but usually longer
Czech: prázdniny f|p
Danish: ferie c
Finnish: loma, vapaapäivä
German: Ferien f|p, Urlaub m
trreq|Hebrew
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Japanese: t|ja|scJpan|��|trkyūka, t|ja|scJpan|��|tryasumi
Russian: о�п��к (ótpusk) m, о�г�л (otgúl) m a couple of days, каник�л� (kaníkuly) f|p of students
Swedish: semester#Swedish|semester c, ledighet c
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trans-top|the act of making legally void
Finnish: mitätöinti
German: Annullierung f
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Japanese: t|ja|scJpan|�廷|trkyūt�
Russian: о�мена (ótm'éna) f
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trans-top|the act of vacating something; moving out of something
Danish: fratrædelse c, fraflytning c
Finnish: tyhjentäminen, hylkääminen, jättäminen
German: Preisgabe f
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Russian: о�вобождение (osvobožd'énije) n, о��авление (ostavl'énije) n
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trans-top|a holiday period for a law court or university
Danish: ferie c
Finnish: loma
German: Ferien f|p
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Russian: каник�л� (kaníkuly) f|p
Swedish: lov#Swedish|lov n (schools, universities), ferie#Swedish|ferie c (schools)
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ttbc|Arabic: ARchar|عط�ة (�ó�la) f
ttbc|Chinese: �� (jiàqí)
ttbc|Dutch: vakantie f (1)
ttbc|French: vacances f p (1)
ttbc|Hungarian: vakáció
ttbc|Italian: vacanza f (1)
ttbc|Korean: �� (hyuga)
ttbc|Portuguese: férias f p (1)
ttbc|Spanish: vacaciones f p, vacación f (1)
ttbc|Vietnamese: period of time + ngh� hè, period of time + ngh� l� (1)
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Verb
en-verb

1. intransitive To spend or take a vacation.

#:This year, we�re vacationing in Mexico.

Synonyms
UK go on holiday
go on vacation
holiday

Translations
trans-top|to spend or take a vacation
Danish: tage på ferie, holde ferie
Dutch: op vakantie gaan
Finnish: lomailla, viettää loma|lomaa/loma
French: aller en vacances
German: Urlaub machen, Ferien machen
Italian: andare in vacanza
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Japanese: t|ja|scJpan|�����|trkyūka-wo-toru, t|ja|scJpan|�����|tryasumi-wo-toru
Portuguese: sair de férias
Russian: п�оводи��/п�ове��и о�п��к (provodít'/prov'estí ótpusk)
Spanish: vacacionar
Swedish: semestra
Vietnamese: �i ngh�
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