VACATE
Dictionary entry overview: What does vacate mean?
• VACATE (verb)
The verb VACATE has 3 senses:
1. leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily
2. leave behind empty; move out of
3. annul by recalling or rescinding
Familiarity information: VACATE used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• VACATE (verb)
Meaning:
Leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
resign; vacate; renounce; give up
Context examples:
She vacated the position when she got pregnant / The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds
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
Meaning:
Leave behind empty; move out of
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
vacate; empty; abandon
Context example:
You must vacate your office by tonight
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
Meaning:
Annul by recalling or rescinding
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
countermand; repeal; rescind; annul; revoke; vacate; reverse; overturn; lift
Context examples:
He revoked the ban on smoking / lift an embargo / vacate a death sentence
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
