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- pronunciation:
- veI
keIt
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
vacates, vacating, vacated |
| definition: |
to make vacant or unoccupied by leaving.
They vacated the room just as the new guests were arriving.She announced that she will vacate her position on the governor's staff.
- antonyms:
- inhabit, occupy
- similar words:
- abandon, depart, empty, evacuate, leave, quit, resign, void
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| related words: |
exit |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to leave or surrender a job or location.
I plan to vacate just as soon as my new job is assured.- synonyms:
- depart, leave, quit, resign
- similar words:
- abdicate, evacuate, split, surrender, withdraw
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| related words: |
move, remove, resign, retire |
adverb + (v.)vacate
newly, recently, temporarily
(v.)vacate
+ adverb
immediately, part
(v.)vacate
+ noun
airport,
apartment,
arbitration,
award,
border,
building,
candidate,
contempt,
conviction,
decision,
ground,
holiday,
incumbent,
judgment,
land,
office,
order,
parking,
post,
premise,
president-elect,
property,
residence,
retirement,
ruling,
sentence,
settlement,
stall,
stay,
territory,
title,
verdict
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The word vacate
contains the following parts:
vac
Latin
root
that means empty
  Example words:
-ate1
Latin
verb-forming suffix
that means to make, cause, do
More about this word part:
The suffix -ate
primarily forms transitive verbs from Latin bases. Many -ate
verbs were loanwords from Latin. Verbs ending in -ate
combine with the suffix -ion to form nouns ending in -ation. These verbs also have corresponding agent nouns ending in -ator (navigator, dictator, elevator).
Example words:
abbreviate, abdicate, abnegate, accelerate, accommodate, accumulate, activate, adequate, adjudicate, administrate, administrative, administrator, advocate, aerate, affiliate, agglomerate, agglutinate, aggravate, agitate, alienate, allocate, alternate, animate, annihilate, annotate, arrogate, aspirate, assimilate, associate, calibrate, capitulate, cerebrate, circulate, collaborate, collocate, commemorate, complicate, concentrate, congregate, consecrate, consummate, cooperate, coordinate, decapitate, decelerate, decerebrate, decimate, dedicate, dehydrate, deliberate, derogate, desecrate, dictate, disintegrate, dislocate, dissimulate, dissociate, divagate, domesticate, dominate, donate, duplicate, educate, elaborate, elevate, elongate, elucidate, emasculate, emigrate, enervate, enunciate, equate, equivocate, eradicate, evacuate, exasperate, exfoliate, expurgate, fluctuate, formulate, generate, gradate, graduate, gyrate, illuminate, illustrate, implicate, incorporate, indoctrinate, innovate, interpellate, interrogate, irradiate, irrigate, legislate, liberate, locate, mediate, motivate, narrate, navigate, negate, nominate, obliterate, operate, orate, originate, ovulate, palpate, participate, placate, populate, prognosticate, proliferate, radiate, regulate, resonate, rotate, segregate, simulate, subjugate, terminate, vacate, validate, contraindicate
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