vacate
verb /vəˈkeɪt/, /veɪˈkeɪt/
/ˈveɪkeɪt/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they vacate | /vəˈkeɪt/, /veɪˈkeɪt/ /ˈveɪkeɪt/ |
| he / she / it vacates | /vəˈkeɪts/, /veɪˈkeɪts/ /ˈveɪkeɪts/ |
| past simple vacated | /vəˈkeɪtɪd/, /veɪˈkeɪtɪd/ /ˈveɪkeɪtɪd/ |
| past participle vacated | /vəˈkeɪtɪd/, /veɪˈkeɪtɪd/ /ˈveɪkeɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form vacating | /vəˈkeɪtɪŋ/, /veɪˈkeɪtɪŋ/ /ˈveɪkeɪtɪŋ/ |
- vacate something to leave a building, seat, etc., especially so that somebody else can use it
- Guests are requested to vacate their rooms by noon on the day of departure.
- He sat down in the seat Steve had just vacated.
- vacate something to leave a job, position of authority, etc. so that it is available for somebody else
- She has taken over the role vacated by her boss.
Word Originmid 17th cent. (as a legal term, also in the sense ‘make ineffective’): from Latin vacat- ‘left empty’, from the verb vacare.