vacate

vacate
v
1. make empty or vacant, leave unoccupied, evacuate; abandon, surrender, desert, quit, depart from.
2. abdicate, resign, renounce, give up claim or right to, lay down, retire from, Chiefly Scot. demit; relinquish, let go, deliver up, hand over, turn over, cede, transfer, give way to.
3. repudiate, Law. disaffirm; nullify, annul, declare null and void, void, invalidate, cancel; abrogate, rescind, recall, revoke; quash, set aside, overrule, veto, override, overturn, reverse, countermand; set at naught, dissolve, abolish, dismiss.
4.Informal. depart, leave, go away, be off, Sl. split, Sl. cut out, Brit. Sl. bugger off.

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  • vacate — va·cate vb va·cat·ed, va·cat·ing vt 1: to make void: annul set aside vacate a lower court order 2 a: to make vacant b: to give up the occupancy of vi: to vacate an office, post, or tenancy …   Law dictionary

  • vacate — va‧cate [vəˈkeɪt, veɪ ǁ ˈveɪkeɪt] verb [transitive] formal 1. HUMAN RESOURCES to leave a job, position etc: • Mr Jones was elected to fill the board seat vacated by Mr Carlisle 2 …   Financial and business terms

  • Vacate — Va cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vacated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Vacating}.] [L. vacare, vacatum, to be empty. See {Vacant}.] 1. To make vacant; to leave empty; to cease from filling or occupying; as, it was resolved by Parliament that James had vacated… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • vacate — (v.) 1640s, to make void, to annul, from L. vacatum, pp. of vacare to be empty (see VAIN (Cf. vain)). Meaning to leave, give up, quit (a place) is attested from 1791. Related: Vacated; vacating …   Etymology dictionary

  • vacate — *annul, abrogate, void, quash …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • vacate — [v] leave empty abandon, abrogate, annul, clear, depart, discharge, dissolve, empty, evacuate, give up, go away, leave, move out, move out of, part with, quash, quit, relinquish, renounce, rescind, retract, reverse, revoke, void, withdraw;… …   New thesaurus

  • vacate — ► VERB 1) leave (a place). 2) give up (a position or job). ORIGIN Latin vacare leave empty …   English terms dictionary

  • vacate — [vā′kāt΄, vā kāt′] vt. vacated, vacating [< L vacatus, pp. of vacare, to be empty] 1. to make vacant; specif., a) to cause (an office, position, etc.) to be unfilled or unoccupied, as by resignation b) to leave (a house, room, etc.)… …   English World dictionary

  • vacate — vacatable, adj. /vay kayt/ or, esp. Brit., /veuh kayt , vay /, v., vacated, vacating. v.t. 1. to give up possession or occupancy of: to vacate an apartment. 2. to give up or relinquish (an office, position, etc.): to vacate the presidency of a… …   Universalium

  • vacate — verb a) To move out of a dwelling, either by choice or by eviction. I have to vacate my house by midday, as the new owner is moving in. b) To leave an office or position …   Wiktionary

  • vacate — va|cate [vəˈkeıt, veı US ˈveıkeıt] v [T] formal [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of vacare; VACANT] 1.) to leave a job or position so that it is available for someone else to do ▪ Clay will vacate the position on June 19. 2.)… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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