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va·cate  (vkt, v-kt)

v. va·cat·ed, va·cat·ing, va·cates

v.tr.

1.

a. To cease to occupy or hold; give up.

b. To empty of occupants or incumbents.

2. Law To make void or annul; countermand: vacate a death sentence.

v.intr.

To leave a job, office, or lodging.

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[Latin vacre, vact-, to be empty; see eu- in Indo-European roots.]

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vacate [vəˈkeɪt]

vb (mainly tr)

1. to cause (something) to be empty, esp by departing from or abandoning it to vacate a room

2. (also intr) to give up the tenure, possession, or occupancy of (a place, post, etc.); leave or quit

3. (Law) Law

a.  to cancel or rescind

b.  to make void or of no effect; annul

vacatable  adj

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	vacate - leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily; "She vacated the position when she got pregnant"; "The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds" resign, renounce, give up abdicate, renounce - give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations; "The King abdicated when he married a divorcee" leave office, step down, quit, resign - give up or retire from a position; "The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month"; "The chairman resigned over the financial scandal"
	2.	vacate - leave behind empty; move out of; "You must vacate your office by tonight" abandon, empty go forth, leave, go away - go away from a place; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight"
	3.	vacate - cancel officially; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence" countermand, repeal, rescind, revoke, annul, reverse, overturn, lift go back on, renege, renege on, renegue on - fail to fulfill a promise or obligation; "She backed out of her promise" strike down, cancel - declare null and void; make ineffective; "Cancel the election results"; "strike down a law"

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vacate

verb

1. leave, quit, move out of, give up, withdraw from, evacuate, depart from, go away from, leave empty, relinquish possession of He vacated the flat and went back to stay with his parents.

2. quit, leave, resign from, give up, withdraw from, chuck (informal), retire from, relinquish, renounce, walk out on, pack in (informal), abdicate, step down from (informal), stand down from He recently vacated his post as Personnel Director.

Translations

vacate [vəˈkeɪt] VT (frm) [+ seat, room] → dejar libre; [+ premises] → desocupar, desalojar; [+ post] → dejar; [+ throne] → renunciar a

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vacate [veɪˈkeɪt] vt [+ flat, chair, post] → quitter

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vacate

vt seat → frei machen; post, throne → aufgeben; presidency etc → niederlegen; house, room, premises → räumen; this post is going to be vacated → diese Stelle wird frei

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vacate [vəˈkeɪt] vt (house, seat, room) → lasciare libero/a; (post) → lasciare, dare le dimissioni da

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vacate → يجلو عن مكان uvolnit forlade räumen εκκενώνω desocupar poistua libérer isprazniti lasciare libero 立ち退く 비우다 doen vrijkomen forlate opróżnić desocupar освобождать tömma ปล่อยให้ว่าง boşaltmak bỏ trống 腾出