HOW TO PRONOUNCE
vacation
/veɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/
Press play to hear how to pronounce vacation.
American Pronunciation Guide · 1:03
Watch on YouTube ↗
Watch on YouTube ↗
What does vacation mean?
noun
- An extended trip or journey away from home for rest or pleasure.
- An extended period of leisure time away from work or school.
- A period during which official activity or business is formally suspended; an official holiday from university, law courts etc.
More meanings (6)
noun
- The act of vacating something; moving out.
- The act of making legally void.
- Freedom from some business or activity.
- (slang) A user's enforced absence from the Steam video-gaming service and its community, as a result of being banned for cheating.
- (obsolete) Free time given over to a specific purpose; occupation, activity.
verb
- To spend or take a vacation.
Definitions regrouped for readability · CC BY-SA 4.0
IPA pronunciation
/veɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/
Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗Pronunciation varies by speaker and region. About these dictionary pronunciations.
In the pages of books
See this word in context.
It was simply that she should play that she had commenced her vacation and was going to school to amuse herself.
Many people think that a vacation means going off somewhere and stretching out under trees or letting the mind become a blank.
More book examples (3)
‘When you came away from home at the end of the vacation,’ said Mrs. Creakle, after a pause, ‘were they all well?’
Becky Thatcher was gone to her Constantinople home to stay with her parents during vacation—so there was no bright side to life anywhere.
But just wait--as soon as she gets back from vacation I shall go in and sit on her couch in my silk stockings.