vacate

English

Etymology

From Latin vacātus, perfect participle of vacō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /veɪˈkeɪt/, /ˈveɪ.keɪt/, (uncommon) /vəˈkeɪt/

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• Rhymes: -eɪt

Verb

vacate (third-person singular simple present vacates, present participle vacating, simple past and past participle vacated)

1. To move out of a dwelling or other property, either by choice or by eviction.

   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.

   • 2023 November 29, Philip Haigh, “New Piccadilly Line trains put to the test”, in RAIL, number 997, page 26:

     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.

2. To leave an office or position.

   He vacated his coaching position because of the corruption scandal.

3. (law) To have a court judgement set aside; to annul.

   The judge vacated the earlier decision when new evidence was presented.

4. To leave an area, usually as a result of orders from public authorities in the event of a riot or natural disaster.

   If you do not immediately vacate the area, we will make you leave with tear gas!

Related terms

• vacant
• vacation
• evacuate

Translations

to move out

• Arabic: أخْلَا
• Bulgarian: освобожда́вам (bg) (osvoboždávam), опразвам (bg) (oprazvam)
• Catalan: desllogar (ca)
• Finnish: muuttaa pois
• Hindi: ख़ाली करना (xālī karnā)
• Ido: vakuigar (io)
• Maori: whakatahi
• Portuguese: vacar (pt), vagar (pt)
• Russian: освобожда́ть (ru) impf (osvoboždátʹ), освободи́ть (ru) pf (osvobodítʹ)
• Spanish: desalojar (es)

to leave an office

• Arabic: تَرَكَ (ar) (taraka)
• Bulgarian: напускам (bg) (napuskam)
• Finnish: erota (fi), jättää virka

to have court judgement set aside

• Arabic: أبْطَلَ, نَحّى
• Finnish: mitätöidä (fi)

to leave an area

• Bulgarian: опразвам (bg) (oprazvam), евакуирам се (evakuiram se)
• Finnish: lähteä evakkoon
• Maori: whakatahi
• Spanish: evacuar (es)

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Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} vider (fr), ^{(please verify)} évacuer (fr)
• Georgian: ^{(please verify)} დატოვება (daṭoveba), ^{(please verify)} მიტოვება (miṭoveba), ^{(please verify)} გაუქმება (gaukmeba)
• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 비우다 (ko) (biuda)
• Arabic: أخْلَا
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ^{(please verify)} چۆڵکردن (çollkirdin)

• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} dejar vacante

Anagrams

• caveat

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

vacate

1. inflection of vacare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

vacate f pl

1. feminine plural of vacato

Anagrams

• cavate, taceva

Latin

Verb

vacāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of vacō

Spanish

Verb

vacate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of vacar combined with te