vacate

verb (vacate, vacates, vacated, vacating)

«vacate» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

(formal) To vacate a place is to leave it so that it is empty for someone else. tree →
(formal) To vacate a job or seat is to give it up. tree →

Seen on signs and notices («Please vacate the room by…»), in hotels, flats and offices; in safety drills it means everyone must leave a building.

Please vacate your seats when the bell rings. tree →
Guests must vacate their rooms by eleven o'clock. tree →
The family had to vacate the flat when the lease ended. tree →
Everyone vacated the building during the fire drill. tree →
The captain vacated his post to become coach. tree →
The hall must be vacated for cleaning. tree →
Such an idea, however, did not occur to him, for he could not conceive how any woman should fill the place his queen had vacated. tree →

Formal word; in everyday talk say «leave» or «move out». Related: vacant (empty), vacancy, vacation (US: holiday).

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