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発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /vəˈkeɪ.ʃən/, /veɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/
• (General American) IPA: /veɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/, /vəˈkeɪ.ʃən/
• (India) IPA: /ʋe.keː.ʃən/, /ʋɪ.keː.ʃən/
• 韻: -eɪʃən
• ハイフネーション: va‧ca‧tion

名詞

vacation (countable and uncountable, plural vacations)

1. An extended trip or journey away from home for rest or pleasure. [from 19th c.]

   Synonym: holiday (Commonwealth)

   We were on vacation in Florida this year.

2. An extended period of leisure time away from work or school.

   Synonym: holiday (Commonwealth)

   Schoolchildren are on vacation this week.

3. A period during which official activity or business is formally suspended; an official holiday from university, law courts etc. [from 15th c.]
4. The act of vacating something; moving out. [from 19th c.]

   Synonyms: departure, moveout

   The Conservative Party’s vacation of the centre ground gave an opportunity to its opponents.

5. (US, law) The act of making legally void.
6. (general) Freedom from some business or activity. [from 14th c.]
7. (obsolete) Free time given over to a specific purpose; occupation, activity. [15th–17th c.]

   Synonyms: annulment, revocation

   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 28, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:

     The first exploited his, sundrie waies, and excelleth in military exploits, and utilitie of his publike vacations.

同意語

• See also Thesaurus:vacation

派生語

動詞

vacation (third-person singular simple present vacations, present participle vacationing, simple past and past participle vacationed)

1. (intransitive) To spend or take a vacation.

   This year, we’re vacationing in Mexico.

同意語

• (UK) go on holiday
• go on vacation
• holiday

関連する語

• vacate

アナグラム

• Octavian