Vacation - English meaning

noun

The action or fact of abandoning or being abandoned.

Usage examples:

She had a feeling of utter abandonment and loneliness

noun

The action of deserting a person, cause, or organization.

Usage examples:

I resented what i saw as my parents' desertion

noun

The action of evacuating a person or a place.

Usage examples:

There were waves of evacuation during the blitz

noun

The process of moving people from a dangerous place to somewhere safe

Usage examples:

An evacuation plan/map/procedure, building/office/emergency evacuation

noun

An extended period of leisure and recreation, especially one spent away from home or in travelling.

Usage examples:

I spent my summer holidays on a farm

verb

A short period during which the payment of instalments, tax, etc. may be suspended.

Usage examples:

A pension holiday

noun

A day for celebration when many people are allowed to stay away from work or school

Usage examples:

A national holiday

verb

Go away from.

Usage examples:

She left london on june 6

verb

(of a plant) put out new leaves.

Usage examples:

Trees leaved, wild flowers burst in profusion on the far side of the lake.

noun

(in snooker, croquet, and other games) the position in which a player leaves the balls for the next player.

verb

Leave (a place), usually permanently.

Usage examples:

Hippies finally quit two sites in hampshire last night

adjective

Rid of.

Usage examples:

I want to be quit of him

noun

Used in names of various small songbirds found in the caribbean area, e.g. bananaquit, grassquit.

Usage examples:

The grassquit resides in small flocks and likes to use empty bananaquit nests for roosting at night.

noun

The act of giving up something such as a responsibility, claim, or possession

Usage examples:

How do you negotiate the relinquishment of native title rights when you do not know what they are?,…

noun

A temporary stay.

Usage examples:

Her sojourn in rome

verb

Stay somewhere temporarily.

Usage examples:

She had sojourned once in egypt

noun

A temporary stay at one place, esp. while traveling

Usage examples:

They sojourned in memphis to celebrate elvis presley’s birthday.

verb

Remain in the same place.

Usage examples:

You stay here and i'll be back soon

noun

A period of staying somewhere, in particular of living somewhere temporarily as a visitor or guest.

Usage examples:

An overnight stay at a luxury hotel

verb

Secure or steady (a mast) by means of stays.

Usage examples:

We stayed the mast on the starboard side by shifting the halyard

noun

A journey for pleasure in which several different places are visited.

Usage examples:

A motoring tour of scotland

verb

Make a tour of (an area).

Usage examples:

He decided to tour france

verb

Go from one place to another, typically over a distance of some length.

Usage examples:

The vessel had been travelling from libya to ireland

noun

The action of travelling.

Usage examples:

My job involves a lot of travel

verb

To go from one place to another on a trip, usually over a long distance

Usage examples:

[ i ] the train was traveling (at) about 100 miles an hour., [ t ] i travel long distances as part …

verb

Go to see and spend time with (someone) socially.

Usage examples:

I came to visit my grandmother

noun

An act of going to see a person or place as a guest, tourist, etc.

Usage examples:

I'll pay him a visit soon

verb

To go to a place in order to experience it, or to go to a person in order to spend time together

Usage examples:

[ t ] we visited a few galleries while we were in new york., [ t ] when are we going to visit grand…