vacate
pronunciation
How to pronounce vacate in British English:
UK [vəˈkeɪt]
How to pronounce vacate in American English:
US [ˈveˌket, veˈket]
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- Verb:
- leave (a job, post, post, or position) voluntarily
- leave behind empty; move out of
- annul by recalling or rescinding
Word Origin
- vacate (v.)
- 1640s, "to make void, to annul," from Latin vacatus, past participle of vacare "be empty, be void" (see vain). Meaning "to leave, give up, quit" (a place) is attested from 1791. Related: Vacated; vacating.
Example
- 1. As the lunch hour approached , the proprietor asked me to vacate the table for four because he wanted it to be free for a lunch party .
- 2. Macarthur gave the marchers 20 minutes to vacate .
- 3. If there is no one else to speak with , vacate the premises as soon as possible .
- 4. Or we will have to vacate this office .
- 5. And once william and kate vacate notts cottage late next summer to move into their larger apartment in kensington palace , he will move in .