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vacate

UK/və'keit/US/vә'keit/
TOEFLC2

Definitions

v.

To leave a place, making it empty

腾出,搬离

v.

To give up or resign from (a position or office)

辞去,让出(职位)

Root Breakdown

Native English
vacempty
+
-ateto make, having
=vacate

vac (empty) + -ate (make) = "to make empty." To vacate a hotel room is to empty it by leaving; to vacate an office is to empty the post for the next person. Whatever you vacate, you leave it empty behind you.

Root vac still carries 31 more words

Common Collocations

  • 1.vacate the premises搬离房产
  • 2.vacate the property腾空房屋
  • 3.vacate a position让出职位

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    Guests must vacate their rooms by 11 a.m.

  • 2.

    He agreed to vacate the property within thirty days.

  • 3.

    The judge was forced to vacate his seat.

Word Forms

Verb

Pastvacated
3rd Personvacates
Past Part.vacated
Pres. Part.vacating
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