Definitions
To leave a place, position, or seat empty.
Word origin
Originally used in the legal sense "to annul", a denominal from Early Modern English vacat (“legal annulment”), a development from Middle English vacat (“absence or cancellation noted in a register”), from Latin vacat, third-person singular present active indicative of vacō (“to be idle; to be unoccupied”, literally “to be empty”).
Used in a sentence
“I have to vacate my house by midday, as the new owner is moving in.”
“You are hereby ordered to vacate the premises within 14 days.”
“The dynamic tests at Wildenrath use continuous test tracks built on the site of a former Royal Air Force station that was vacated after the end of the Cold War.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Leave empty”6 letters
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