vacation
verb/veɪˈkeɪʃn/, /vəˈkeɪʃn/
/veɪˈkeɪʃn/, /vəˈkeɪʃn/
(North American English) (British English holiday)
[intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they vacation | /veɪˈkeɪʃn/, /vəˈkeɪʃn/ /veɪˈkeɪʃn/, /vəˈkeɪʃn/ |
| he / she / it vacations | /veɪˈkeɪʃnz/, /vəˈkeɪʃnz/ /veɪˈkeɪʃnz/, /vəˈkeɪʃnz/ |
| past simple vacationed | /veɪˈkeɪʃnd/, /vəˈkeɪʃnd/ /veɪˈkeɪʃnd/, /vəˈkeɪʃnd/ |
| past participle vacationed | /veɪˈkeɪʃnd/, /vəˈkeɪʃnd/ /veɪˈkeɪʃnd/, /vəˈkeɪʃnd/ |
| -ing form vacationing | /veɪˈkeɪʃənɪŋ/, /vəˈkeɪʃənɪŋ/ /veɪˈkeɪʃənɪŋ/, /vəˈkeɪʃənɪŋ/ |
- to spend a holiday somewhere
- They are currently vacationing in Florida.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin vacatio(n-), from vacare ‘be unoccupied’.Definitions on the go
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