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Antonyms for vacation

Grammar : Noun
Spell : vey-key-shuh n, vuh-
Phonetic Transcription : veɪˈkeɪ ʃən, və-


Definition of vacation

Origin :
  • late 14c., "freedom from obligations, leisure, release" (from some activity or occupation), from Old French vacation, from Latin vacationem (nominative vacatio) "leisure, a being free from duty," noun of state from past participle stem of vacare "be empty, free, or at leisure" (see vain).
  • Meanings "state of being unoccupied; process of vacating" are early 15c. Meaning "formal suspension of activity" (in reference to schools, courts, etc.) is recorded from mid-15c. As the U.S. equivalent of what in Britain is called a holiday, it is attested from 1878.
  • noun planned time spent not working
Example sentences :
  • Young women on the eve of a vacation were not usually so reasonable.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • When Karl comes from the university in his vacation, his first question is, "Where is Sami?"
  • Extract from : « What Sami Sings with the Birds » by Johanna Spyri
  • "The spring vacation will be over soon now, Ruth," said Sister Mary.
  • Extract from : « The Green Satin Gown » by Laura E. Richards
  • The vacation was only half through, and there was yet time to do much in this direction.
  • Extract from : « The Bay State Monthly, Vol. 1, Issue 1. » by Various
  • Invention has no vacation so far as ladies' apparel is concerned.
  • Extract from : « Jennie Baxter, Journalist » by Robert Barr
  • Would you advise me to offer you shocks as a sort of vacation from suavity?
  • Extract from : « Alice Adams » by Booth Tarkington
  • His wife said he hadn't had a vacation of over a week in eleven years.
  • Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
  • "I thought you might be taking a vacation—in York Harbor," she said, laughing.
  • Extract from : « The Innocent Adventuress » by Mary Hastings Bradley
  • They will be home soon for their spring vacation, and then Polly can make their acquaintance.
  • Extract from : « Polly of Lady Gay Cottage » by Emma C. Dowd
  • The latter had been teaching school in Middleboro, but now it was spring vacation.
  • Extract from : « Thankful's Inheritance » by Joseph C. Lincoln

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