Vacate

Definitions: Vacate

Vacate

Verb

1. Leave voluntarily; of a job, post or position; "She vacated the position when she got pregnant".

2. Leave behind empty; move out of; "You must vacate your office by tonight".

3. Annul by recalling or rescinding; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "vacate" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1811. (references)

Note: Vacate \Va"cate\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Vacated; present participle verb or noun Vacating.]. (Websters 1913)

Tips from 1870

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Vacate

Absence

Withdraw, make oneself scarce, vacate; go away.

Departure

Leave a place, quit, vacate, evacuate, abandon; go off the stage, make one's exit; retire, withdraw, remove; vamoose, vamose; go one's way, go along, go from home; take flight, take wing; spring, fly, flit, wing one's flight; fly away, whip away; embark; go on board, go aboard; set sail' put to sea, go to sea; sail, take ship; hoist blue Peter; get under way, weigh anchor; strike tents, decamp; walk one's chalks, cut one's stick; take leave; say good bye, bid goodbye; Noun: disappear; abscond; (avoid); entrain; inspan.

Displacement

Vacate; depart.

Relinquishment

Verb: relinquish, give up, abandon, desert, forsake, leave in the lurch; go back on; depart from, secede from, withdraw from; back out of; leave, quit, take leave of, bid a long farewell; vacate; (resign).

Resignation

Abdicate; vacate, vacate one's seat; accept the stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds; retire; tender one's resignation.

Crosswords: Vacate

Latin (be empty, be free from, be idle, be unoccupied, be vacant).

Will you vacate the chair meathead? (All in the Family; writing credit: Johnny Speight; Norman Lear)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Civil Liberties

Slovak Republic

The main obstacles to the resolution of outstanding restitution claims are the Government's lack of financial resources, and bureaucratic resistance on the part of those entities required to vacate restitutable properties. (references)

Economic History

Chile

When challenged, Chilean courts usually vacate such trademark registrations, but because the process may require several years and substantial expense, foreign claimants often opt to buy back trademarks rather than file suit. (references)

Human Rights

Eritrea

The Government gave Ethiopians occupying government-owned housing a 1-month notice to vacate. (references)

Political Rights

Bosnia and Herzegovina

In February and March, the OSCE remove six municipal councilors for either failing to vacate property they illegally occupied or for holding two incompatible government positions. (references)

Azerbaijan

In July the Ministry of Economic Development forced the opposition Azerbaijan National Independence Party to vacate its headquarters in Baku, and local authorities later forced the party out of seven regional offices. (references)

Azerbaijan

In August the opposition Musavat Party received notice to vacate its headquarters in Baku, which it had occupied since 1992. In September the unregistered Justice Party also was evicted from its regional offices in Sumgait, and the Civil Unity Party, which supports former President Ayaz Mutalibov, was evicted from its party headquarters in Baku. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "vacate": vacate a house ♦ vacate one's post ♦ vacate one's seat. Additional references.

Albanian

liroj (acquit, cast off, cheapen, detach, discharge, disengage, dismiss, ease, excuse, free, free oneself, let go, let loose, liberate, loose, loosen, pay, pay out, relax, release, slack, slacken, unbind, unstring), lë (allow, break off, chuck, cut, drop, dump, give up, grant, jilt, jump, leave, let, let by, Miss, omit, overjump, overleap, Park, pass up, permit, put, quit, release, relinquish, resign, tek pupa, yield), kaloj pushimin. (various references)

Arabic 

‏فرغ (be empty, become empty, complete, conclude, discharge, drain, dry out, empty, end, evacuate, finalize, finish, pour, terminate, void), ‏كرس نفسه, ‏تخلى (abandon, assign, cast aside, cede, desist, disgorge, expose, forsake, give up, go back on, hand over, leave, let down, part, quit, release, relinquish, renounce, repudiate, resign, retreat, shake, shrift, sign away, slough, swear off, throw over, turn one's back on, waive, walk out on, yield), ‏خلى (acetic, empty, evacuate, lift, unhand), ‏إنصرف (clear off, clear out, depart, dismiss, get away, go away, go off, make tracks, part, pop off, run along, scram, sling one's hook, take off), ‏ألغى (abolish, abort, annul, avoid, call off, cancel, deactivate, dissolve, do away with, eliminate, lift, negate, nullify, obliterate, override, overrule, quash, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke, rule out, scratch, scrub, set aside, spike, stop, undo), ‏أبطل (abolish, abrogate, annihilate, annul, avoid, call off, cancel, circumvent, counteract, countermand, defeat, extinguish, frustrate, nullify, override, quash, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke, rule out, stultify, supersede, undo, upset, vitiate, void), ‏شغر. (various references)

Bulgarian 

оставям (abandon, confide, desert, drop off, leave, leave behind, let, put, put down, quit, repudiate, resign), освобождавам (discharge, disencumber, disengage, dispense, emancipate, enfranchise, exempt, extricate, free, give off, let loose, liberate, loose, make free, manumit, redeem, release, remit, rescue, set free, turn off, unbar, unbind, unburden, uncork, unfasten, unhand, unloose, unpen, unshackle), овакантявам, опразвам (become empty, empty), напускам (abandon, desert, fall away, lay down, leave, leave off, part from, quit, relinquish, void). (various references)

Chinese 

出空 (Vacated, Vacating). (various references)

Czech

vyklidit (clean out, clear out, dismantle, empty, move out), uvolnit (disembody, disengage, dislodge, free, let loose, loose, relax, release, undo, unfix, unfreeze, unpin, unscrew, unstop, unstrap, untie, weaken), uprázdnit, odejít (come away, come off, depart, go away, go off, go out, leave, make one's exit, make tracks for, move away, move off, quit, retire, stir, to leave, walk away, walk off). (various references)

Danish

overlade forsædet(til...) (to vacate the Chair). (various references)

Dutch

het voorzitterschap overdragen (to vacate the Chair), de plaats ontruimen (to vacate the premises). (various references)

Farsi 

تهی کردن (Deplete, Evacuate, Exhaust, Purge, Strip), تعطیل کردن (Shut, Stop), تخلیه کردن , خالی کردن (Aspirate, Deplete, Discharge, Disgorge, Empty, Evacuate, Hollow, Purge, Vent). (various references)

Finnish

tyhjentää toimitilat (to vacate the premises). (various references)

French

vider, quitter. (various references)

German

räumen (broaching, check out, clear, empty, evacuate, give up, move, move out, shift, staving, sweep, to evacuate, trim, withdraw), niederlegen (abdicate, cast off, give up, lay down, put down, renounce, resign, set down, touch down), frei machen (clearing, release, unblock), aufgeben (abandon, check in, cry uncle, discontinue, dispatch, drop, forsake, give in, give up, jack in, jettison, lay aside, lay away, mail, part with, place, post, quit, register, relinquish, renounce, resign, say uncle, serve, set, submit, surrender, to abdicate, to capitulate, to dismiss, to give up, to relinquish, to surrender, withdraw, yield). (various references)

Greek 

εκκενώνω (blow through, deplete, emptying, evacuate, purge), αδειάζω (clean out, clear, clear out, deplete, empty, evacuate, oven pushing, pushing, to clear, to discharge, to evacuate, unload). (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�"תפ� ות (be evacuated, have time). (various references)

Hungarian

szabaddá tesz (clear, decontrol, free, to disencumber, to free, to liberate, to make free, to set free, to unblock, to unclog, to unloose), kiürít (deplenish, draw out, empty, evacuate, to clear out, to defecate, to deflate, to drain, to drink up, to empty, to evacuate, to quit, to tip out, to vacate). (various references)

Indonesian

mengosongkan (deplenish, empty), meluangkan (make room for, make time for, spare), melengangkan (clear out). (various references)

Italian

sgombrare (clear, clear away, evacuate, move out of, pack up, to vacate the premises), liberare - evacuare - dimettersi, liberare (clear, deliver, disengage, ease, enfranchise, free, get rid, isolation, liberate, loose, release, rescue, rid, unbind), lasciare libero. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

立ち退く (to clear out, to evacuate, to take refuge, to vacate, to withdraw), 明け払う (to open, to vacate), 明け渡す (to surrender, to vacate), 引き払う (to vacate). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

たちのく (to clear out, to evacuate, to take refuge, to vacate, to withdraw), ひきはらう (to vacate), あけわたす (to surrender, to vacate), あけはらう (to open, to vacate). (various references)

Manx

folmaghey (blow out, clear out, deflate, deflation, deplenish, depletion, discharge, drain, drink up, empty, evacuation, hollow, unburden, void). (various references)

Pig Latin

acatevay.(various references)

Portuguese

sair de (check out, unthread, vacant), resignar a (vacant), desocupar (clear out, empty, vacant), deixar vago (vacant), abandonar (abandon, back down, cast off, cede, desert, doff, flee, forsake, forwent, give up, jettison, lay aside, lay down a rule, leave, neglect, off, quit, reject, relinquish, renounce, secede, set aside, throw over, to abandon, vacant, waive). (various references)

Romanian

pãrãsi (abandon, cast off, cease, clear, desert, drop, evacuate, fail, flee, forsake, jilt, leave, quit, reject, relinquish, renounce, surrender, throw), lãsa vacant, elibera (clear, clear out, deliver, discharge, disengage, emancipate, enfranchise, exonerate, free, give, issue, liberate, make out, manumit, privilege, ransom, release, remand, remit, rescue, rid, unbind, unchain, unfetter, unhand, unshackle), anula (abate, abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, avoid, call off, cancel, defeat, disaffirm, disannul, discharge, dissolve, negate, negative, nullify, overrule, quash, recall, remit, render null, repeal, rescind, reverse, undo, vitiate). (various references)

Russian 

освобождать (absolve, acquit, affranchise, clear, deallocate, deliver, disembarrass, dismiss, emancipate, enfranchise, enlarge, excuse, exonerate, free up, let out, liberate, loosing, make free, make room, manumit, release, relieve, relinquish, rid, set at large, set free, unallocate, unbind, unchain, unfetter, uninstall, unshackle, vacated, vacating, vocate). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

uprazniti, napustiti (abandon, cast off, desert, desolate, drop, drop out, fall away, forsake, give away, jilt, leave, quit, run out, take leave of, throw over, walk out), isprazniti (become empty, clear out, empty, empty out, evacuate, unload, void). (various references)

Spanish

dejar vacante. (various references)

Swedish

utrymma (empty, evacuate), tömma (clear, clear out, deplenish, deplete, drain, drink, dumping, empty, eviscerate, pour), lämna (abandon, desert, drop, forsake, furnish, give, give up, hand, hand down, jack in, leave, leaving, offer, quit, render, yield). (various references)

Turkish

terk etmek (abandon, desert, leave, walk out on), tahliye etmek (clear, clear out, close out, discharge, empty, evacuate, free, quit, set free, strip, void), istifa etmek (demit, give up, go out, quit, resign, resign one's office, step aside, step down, submit one's resignation, tender one's resignation), iptal etmek (abolish, abort, abrogate, annihilate, annul, avoid, blank out, call off, cancel, countermand, declare off, disaffirm, disallow, invalidate, irritate, negate, nullify, overrule, quash, remit, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke, scrub, set aside, setaside, stultify, suspend, void, wash out, write off), feshetmek (abjure, abolish, abrogate, annihilate, annul, call off, cancel, countermand, dissolve, do away with, outlaw, quash, remit, rescind, set aside, wash out), boşaltmak (bleed, clean, clean out, clear, clear out, close out, debus, deplenish, deplete, discharge, disgorge, dismantle, drain, drain away, drain off, draw off, drop off, dump, ejaculate, empty, evacuate, excrete, exhaust, let off, pour, pour from, pour out of, quit, strip, teem, tip, tip out, tip over, turn out, unlade, unload, unpack, void), ayrılmak (apostatize, be off, be through with, break away, break up, break with, check out, come unstuck, cut loose, decamp, defect, depart, desert, deviate, disunite, divaricate, diverge, divide, divorce, divorce from, draw apart, draw away, drop out, fork, furcate, get clear of, get off, give up, graduate, hive off, lead away from, leave, mosey, move off, part, part company, part company with, part from, part with, pull away, pull out, quit, retire, revolt, revolt from, secede, segregate, separate, sever, splinter off, split, split off, split up, stray, sunder, take one's farewell of, tear oneself away, unstuck, walk off, walk out, walk out of, withdraw). (various references)

Ukranian 

іти у відставку, відміняти (abate, abolish, abrogate, avoid, bar, defeat, negative, nullify, rescind, revoke), звільняти (absolve, acquit, affranchise, avoid, bag, cashier, clear, defecate, disband, disencumber, disengage, dismiss, ease, eject, emancipate, enfranchise, exempt, exonerate, free, let out, loose, manumit, purify, release, remit, rescue, rid, set free, supersede, unfetter, unshackle, untie), евакуювати (evacuate). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "vacate": vacated, vacates. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Vacate" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: avate, bacata, baccata, Cacxatg, dacite, jacare, Vaca, vacare, vacet, vaciet, vact, Vechten, visate, Vocaltec. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: caveat.

-1 letter: aceta.

-2 letters: acta, cate, cave, tace.

-3 letters: ace, act, ate, ava, ave, cat, eat, eta, tae, tav, tea, vac, vat, vet.

-4 letters: aa, ae, at, et, ta.

+1 letter: caveats, clavate, vacated, vacates.

+2 letters: acervate, activate, advocate, cavatine, caveated, caveator, cavitate, evacuant, evacuate, excavate, vicarate.

+3 letters: activated, activates, advocated, advocates, anchoveta, autoclave, calmative, captivate, causative, cavaletti, caveating, caveators, cavitated, cavitates, evacuants, evacuated, evacuates, excavated, excavates, excavator, placative, postcavae, vaccinate, vacillate, vacuolate, vicarates, vicariate.

+4 letters: accusative, adjectival, advocative, anchovetas, anchovetta, architrave, attractive, autoclaved, autoclaves, aviatrices, calmatives, capacitive, captivated, captivates, causatives, cavalletti, coacervate, covenantal, deactivate, divaricate, evacuating, evacuation, evacuative, excavating, excavation, excavators, inactivate, lacerative, reactivate, stavesacre, vacantness, vacationed, vacationer, vaccinated, vaccinates, vacillated, vacillates, vacuolated, vasoactive, vaticinate, vicariates.

+5 letters: abstractive, accusatives, acetylative, advancement, affricative, anchovettas, applicative, architraves, associative, carminative, causatively, coacervates, comparative, deactivated, deactivates, deactivator, declarative, divaricated, divaricates, evacuations, excavations, facultative, inactivated, inactivates, prevaricate, radioactive, reactivated, reactivates, revaccinate, stavesacres, vacationers, vasculature, vaticinated, vaticinates, vulcanisate, vulcanizate.

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