Vacancy Meaning
/ˈveɪkənsi/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounAn unoccupied position or job.
nounAn available room in a hotel; guest house, etc.
Sentence Examples
His resignation left a vacancy in the cabinet.
They filled the vacancy by appointment.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The company announced an important ____ in the sales department last week.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
There is currently a ____ for a marketing manager in our local office, and we are looking for a new and candidate today.
Word Origin & History
From Late Latin vacantia. Doublet of vacance.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, the President shall nominate a Vice President who shall take office upon confirmation by a majority vote of both Houses of Congress."
— 1965, Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution:
"...—who has not looked back to the past with that passion of hopelessness, which deems that life can never more be what it has been,—with a consciousness that the dearer emotions are exhausted, while in their place have arisen but vacancy and weariness?"
— 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter I, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 2:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The company announced an important ____ in the sales department last week.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
There is currently a ____ for a marketing manager in our local office, and we are looking for a new and candidate today.