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VACATE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they vacate ... he / she / it vacates
Past simple: vacated
Past participle: vacated
-ing form: vacating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cancel officially
Example:
vacate a death sentence
Synonyms:
annul; countermand; lift; overturn; repeal; rescind; reverse; revoke; vacate
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "vacate" is one way to...):
cancel; strike down (declare null and void; make ineffective)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "vacate"):
go back on; renege; renege on; renegue on (fail to fulfill a promise or obligation)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
vacation (the act of making something legally void)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Leave behind empty; move out of
Example:
You must vacate your office by tonight
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "vacate" is one way to...):
go away; go forth; leave (go away from a place)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
vacant (without an occupant or incumbent)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily
Example:
The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds
Synonyms:
give up; renounce; resign; vacate
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "vacate" is one way to...):
leave office; quit; resign; step down (give up or retire from a position)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "vacate"):
abdicate; renounce (give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
vacant (without an occupant or incumbent)
