vacancy B1 Topic:Work & Careers Also spelled wacancy US /ˈvæɪkənsi/ UK /ˈveɪkənsi/ See IPA manual Freq #19234 Meanings 1 noun A job that is available because no one is currently doing it. The company advertised a vacancy for a marketing manager. 2 noun A room that is free and available in a hotel or guest house. The hotel had no vacancies during the busy holiday season. 3 noun An empty space. There was a strange vacancy where the old building used to stand. Thesaurus Synonyms 3 noun · an empty space. voidemptiness Word family Forms vacancies Derived forms divacancymonovacancymultivacancysemivacancytrivacancy Related forms vacantvacate Appears in Phrases (1) See all vacancy rate the proportion of available rental units that are currently unoccupied Noun + noun Etymology AI details From Late Latin vacantia. Doublet of vacance. vacantia la-lat View etymology graph -> Topics Work & Careers External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # vacancy **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈvæɪkənsi/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈveɪkənsi/ **Frequency rank:** 19234 ## Meanings 1. A job that is available because no one is currently doing it. 2. A room that is free and available in a hotel or guest house. 3. An empty space. ## Examples - The company advertised a vacancy for a marketing manager. - The hotel had no vacancies during the busy holiday season. - There was a strange vacancy where the old building used to stand. ## Derived Forms - divacancy - monovacancy - multivacancy - semivacancy - trivacancy ## Related Forms - vacant - vacate ## Roots and Affixes - Root: vacantia ## Etymology From Late Latin vacantia. Doublet of vacance. ## AI Etymology Vacancy is from Late Latin vacantia. Doublet of vacance. The historical line also includes la-lat vacantia. In present-day use, it can mean a job that is available because no one is currently doing it, or a room that is free and available in a hotel or guest house. Derived formations include divacancy, monovacancy, multivacancy, semivacancy, trivacancy. ## Topics - Work & Careers markdown