[veɪˈkeɪʃn], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a fixed holiday period between terms in universities and law courts
(e.g: the Easter vacation)

- the action of leaving something one previously occupied
(e.g: his marriage was the reason for the vacation of his fellowship)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin vacatio(n-), from vacare ‘be unoccupied’ (see vacate)

[veɪˈkeɪʃn], (Verb)

Definitions:
- take a holiday
(e.g: I was vacationing in Europe with my family)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin vacatio(n-), from vacare ‘be unoccupied’ (see vacate)