vacation

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US /veɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ UK /vəˈkeɪ.ʃən/ See IPA manual

noun verb Freq #2167

Meanings

1

noun
A period of time away from work or school spent resting or travelling.

We are going on vacation to Italy next month.
2

verb
To spend a vacation somewhere.

They vacation in the mountains every summer.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a period of time away from... holiday

2 verb · to spend a vacation somewhere. holiday

More break getaway leave pause recessvacvacavacay

Word family

Forms vacationedvacationingvacations

Derived forms adventurecationbaecationcoolcationdaycationfoodcationgaycationgirlcationhaycationhomecationladycationmancationmicrovacation

Related forms celebration

Etymology

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

vacation Middle English vacacioun xno vacacion Old French vacātiō Latin

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# vacation

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** veɪˈkeɪ.ʃən
**IPA (UK):** vəˈkeɪ.ʃən
**Frequency rank:** 2167

## Meanings
1. A period of time away from work or school spent resting or travelling.
2. To spend a vacation somewhere.

## Examples
- We are going on vacation to Italy next month.
- They vacation in the mountains every summer.

## Synonyms
- break
- getaway
- holiday
- leave
- pause
- recess
- vac
- vaca
- vacay

## Derived Forms
- adventurecation
- baecation
- coolcation
- daycation
- foodcation
- gaycation
- girlcation
- haycation
- homecation
- ladycation
- mancation
- microvacation

## Related Forms
- celebration

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: vacation
- Root: vacacioun
- Root: vacacion
- Root: vacātiō

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

## AI Etymology
Vacation is inherited from Middle English vacation, vacacion, vacacioun, from Anglo-Norman vacacioun, from Old French vacacion, vacation, from Latin vacātiō. Equivalent to vacate + -ion. The historical line also includes Middle English vacation, xno vacacioun, Old French vacacion, Latin vacātiō. In present-day use, it can mean a period of time away from work or school spent resting or travelling, or to spend a vacation somewhere. Derived formations include adventurecation, baecation, coolcation, daycation, foodcation, gaycation, girlcation, haycation.

## Topics
- Travel
- Entertainment & Leisure

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