vacation

A1 Topic:Travel

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

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.

Verb forms

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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

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Simplified etymology

Vacation ultimately comes from Latin vacare, “to be unoccupied.” In late Middle English it meant freedom or rest from work, then came to denote the fixed interval between legal or university terms; its usual North American sense of a recreational holiday is recorded from the 1870s.

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

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