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- pronunciation:
- veI
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- features:
- Word Parts
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
When something is vacant, it doesn't contain anything. It is empty.
The store parking lot is usually vacant at night.- synonyms:
- empty, idle
- similar words:
- bare, barren, blank, hollow, lacking
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| definition 2: |
If something is vacant, like a seat on a bus, nobody is filling that space or position right now and somebody else can take it.
The hotel has only two vacant rooms left.The restroom is vacant now.Some workers left, so their positions are vacant now, and the company needs to hire some new people.- synonyms:
- available, empty, free, idle
- antonyms:
- occupied
- similar words:
- open
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| related words: |
idle |
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| derivations: |
vacantly (adv.), vacantness (n.) |
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