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# vacate

verb (vacate, vacates, vacated, vacating)

«vacate» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (formal) To vacate a place is to leave it so that it is empty for someone else. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vacate/#m1)
2. (formal) To vacate a job or seat is to give it up. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vacate/#m2)

### In the lessons

Seen on signs and notices («Please vacate the room by…»), in hotels, flats and offices; in safety drills it means everyone must leave a building.

### Examples

- Please vacate your seats when the bell rings. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vacate/#x1)
- Guests must vacate their rooms by eleven o'clock. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vacate/#x2)
- The family had to vacate the flat when the lease ended. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vacate/#x3)
- Everyone vacated the building during the fire drill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vacate/#x4)
- The captain vacated his post to become coach. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vacate/#x5)
- The hall must be vacated for cleaning. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vacate/#x6)
- Such an idea, however, did not occur to him, for he could not conceive how any woman should fill the place his queen had vacated. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vacate/#x7)

### Note

Formal word; in everyday talk say «leave» or «move out». Related: vacant (empty), vacancy, vacation (US: holiday).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «vacate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vacate/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«vacate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/vacate.html) on Mova free.