vacate

CEFRB2

/veɪˈkeɪt/

verb

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To leave a place or empty it completely.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    To have a court judgement set aside; to annul.

Examples

  • We must vacate the house before next month.

  • We need to vacate the house by the end of the month at the latest.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2

Also pronounced

  • /vəˈkeɪt/

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To leave an office or position.

  2. To move out of a dwelling or other property, either by choice or by eviction.

  3. To leave an area, usually as a result of orders from public authorities in the event of a riot or natural disaster.

More examples

In context

  • He vacated his coaching position because of the corruption scandal.

  • I have to vacate my house by midday, as the new owner is moving in.

  • You are hereby ordered to vacate the premises within 14 days.

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

The tenants must blank the apartment by the end of the month.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

verb

Originally used in the legal sense "to annul", a denominal from Early Modern English vacat (“legal annulment”), a development from Middle English vacat (“absence or cancellation noted in a register”), from Latin vacat, third-person singular present active indicative of vacō (“to be idle; to be unoccupied”, literally “to be empty”). The primary modern sense "to move out" likely developed under the influence of older borrowing vacant (“unoccupied”), in combination with the Early Modern use of vacate to refer to the termination of official appointments to office, which would leave those position vacant.