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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Vacation \Va*ca"tion\, n. [F., fr. L. vacatio a being free from a duty, service, etc., fr. vacare. See Vacate.]
The act of vacating; a making void or of no force; as, the vacation of an office or a charter.
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Intermission of a stated employment, procedure, or office; a period of intermission; rest; leisure. It was not in his nature, however, at least till years had chastened it, to take any vacation from controversy. --Palfrey. [1913 Webster] Hence, specifically:
(Law) Intermission of judicial proceedings; the space of time between the end of one term and the beginning of the next; nonterm; recess. ``With lawyers in the vacation.''
--Shak.A period of intermission of regular paid work or employment, or of studies and exercises at an educational institution; the time during which a person temporarily ceases regular duties of any kind and performs other activites, usually some form of liesure; holidays; recess (at a school); as, the spring vacation; to spend one's vacation travelling; to paint the house while on vacation. Vacation is typically used for rest, travel, or recreation, but may be used for any purpose. In Britain this sense of vacation is usually referred to as holiday.
The time when an office is vacant; esp. (Eccl.), the time when a see, or other spiritual dignity, is vacant.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., "freedom from obligations, leisure, release" (from some activity or occupation), from Old French vacacion "vacancy, vacant position" (14c.) and directly from Latin vacationem (nominative vacatio) "leisure, freedom, exemption, a being free from duty, immunity earned by service," noun of state from past participle stem of vacare "be empty, free, or at leisure" (see vain).\n
\nMeanings "state of being unoccupied," "process of vacating" in English are early 15c. Meaning "formal suspension of activity, time in which there is an intermission of usual employment" (in reference to schools, courts, etc.) is recorded from mid-15c. As the U.S. equivalent of what in Britain is called a holiday, it is attested from 1878.
1866, from vacation (n.). Related: Vacationed; vacationing.
Wiktionary
n. 1 freedom from some business or activity. (from 14th c.) 2 (context obsolete English) Free time given over to a specific purpose; occupation, activity. (15th-17th c.) 3 A period during which official activity or business is formally suspended; an official holiday from university, law courts etc. (from 15th c.) 4 (context North America English) A holiday; a stretch of leisure time away from work or duty and devoted to rest or pleasure. (from 19th c.) 5 The act of vacate something; moving out. (from 19th c.) 6 (context US legal English) The act of making legally void. vb. (context intransitive English) To spend or take a vacation.
WordNet
n. leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure; "we get two weeks of vacation every summer"; "we took a short holiday in Puerto Rico" [syn: holiday]
the act of making something legally void
v. spend or take a vacation [syn: holiday]
Wikipedia
A vacation or holiday is a leave of absence from a regular occupation, or a specific trip or journey, usually for the purpose of recreation or tourism. People often take a vacation during specific holiday observances, or for specific festivals or celebrations. Vacations are often spent with friends or family.
A person may take a longer break from work, such as a sabbatical, gap year, or career break.
The concept of taking a vacation is a recent invention, and has developed through the last two centuries. Historically, the idea of travel for recreation was a luxury that only wealthy people could afford (see Grand Tour). In the Puritan culture of early America, taking a break from work for reasons other than weekly observance of the Sabbath was frowned upon. However, the modern concept of vacation was led by a later religious movement encouraging spiritual retreat and recreation. The notion of breaking from work periodically took root among the middle and working class.
"Vacation" is a 1982 single released by the all-female rock band The Go-Go's. The song was the first single from their album Vacation.
The song proved to be one of the Go-Go's highest charting singles, reaching No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 in August 1982. The song was released on 7" vinyl format, with the surf rock song "Beatnik Beach" as the single's B-side. "Vacation" carries the distinction of being released as the first known cassette single or "cassingle" as trademarked by I.R.S Records.
Vacation (2007) is the first and most recent novel by American author Jeremy C. Shipp. Vacation’s protagonist, Bernard Johnson, finds himself trapped in a job his parents chose for him, miserable in a loveless relationship, and dependent on anti-depressants for his emotional stability. When he takes his Vacation, a year-long federally funded trip around the world provided to every American, he is kidnapped by terrorists but does not miss his average life or the expectations placed on him by society.
"Vacation" is the second official single from rapper Young Jeezy's album, The Recession.
Vacation is the sixth full-length album by Bomb the Music Industry!, released on July 26, 2011. It was announced in September 2010.
Much of the music was written while Jeff Rosenstock was on a free trip to Belize, and unlike the band's previous albums, it is "about trying to build a home." In 2015 Rosenstock chose Vacation as his favorite BTMI album.
There are guest contributions from members of Fake Problems, Bayside, Andrew Jackson Jihad, and Good Luck.
"Vacation" is a 1962 single by Connie Francis which was her final Top Ten hit in both the US and the UK.
Vacation is the second studio album by the American rock band The Go-Go's, released in 1982 on the I.R.S. Records label. The album reached No. 8 in the U.S. Billboard 200, and was certified gold. The title track was a U.S. summer smash, reaching No. 8 on the Billboard pop singles chart. The Go-Go's were riding high at the time of the album's first release, their prospects to all outward appearances looking bright. Future problems were beginning to take shape, as the members' drug use and internal fighting began to escalate.
The single "Vacation" was also issued as perhaps the first cassette single ever. In addition to the title track, two more singles were pulled from the album at the time: "Get Up and Go" and "This Old Feeling", the former of which was a minor hit (Hot 100 No. 50) in the United States. The song "Speeding", which is not on the album, is a Caffey/Wiedlin composition used as B-side of the single for "Get Up and Go". It also appeared in the film Fast Times at Ridgemont High, as well as on the film's soundtrack.
A vacation or holiday is a recreational trip or a leave of absence from work for recreational, cultural or religious purposes.
Vacation may also refer to:
In film-
National Lampoon's Vacation, a 1983 comedy film starring Chevy Chase.
- National Lampoon's Vacation (film series), franchise based on the above film.
- Vacation (2015 film), a 2015 film continuation of the Vacation series
- "Vacation" (Golden Girls episode), 1986 episode of the television series The Golden Girls
- Vacation (2005 film), a 2005 film
- Vacation (novel), a 2007 novel by Jeremy C. Shipp
- Vacation, a 2011 film starring Dean Cain
- Vacation (Connie Francis song), a 1962 song by Connie Francis
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Vacation (The Go-Go's album), 1982
- Vacation (The Go-Go's song), a 1982 song
- Paid Vacation (album), a 1994 album by Richard Marx
- Vacation (Young Jeezy song), a 2008 song
- Vacation (Bomb the Music Industry! album), 2011
- " The Vacation Song," a 2012 song by Shane Dawson
- Vacation (Alphabeat song), a 2012 song
- Vacation (G.R.L. song), a 2013 song
- Vacation (Thomas Rhett song), a 2016 song
"Vacation" is a song by Danish pop band Alphabeat, released on 12 March 2012 as the lead single from their third studio album, Express Non-Stop (2012). The song was originally intended to be released in the United States on the same date, but due to "faults in the system", it was ultimately released on 26 March 2012. The song peaked at number fifteen on the Danish Singles Chart. Alphabeat performed "Vacation" live on the season five finale of the Danish version of X Factor on 23 March 2012.
"Vacation" is the debut single recorded by American-British-Canadian girl group G.R.L., for their debut studio album. The song was written by Bonnie McKee, Lukasz Gottwald, Max Martin, and Henry Walter with production handled by the latter three. "Vacation" is an upbeat breakup song.
Vacation is a 2015 American comedy film written and directed by Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley (in their directorial debuts). It stars Ed Helms, Christina Applegate, Skyler Gisondo, Steele Stebbins, Leslie Mann, Chris Hemsworth, Beverly D'Angelo and Chevy Chase. It is the fifth installment of the Vacation film series, the second not to carry the National Lampoon name after Vegas Vacation, and was released by New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. on July 29, 2015. Vacation has received negative reviews from critics but it was a box office success, earning $104.9 million on a $31 million budget.
Vacation is a 2005 Indian Malayalam film, directed by K. K. Haridas and produced by AJ Shahar. The film stars Amitha, Harishree Ashokan, Indrans and Lalu Alex in lead roles. The film had musical score by Dr G Santhosh and Kaithapram Vishwanathan Nambudiri.
"Vacation" is a song recorded by American country music artist Thomas Rhett. It was released on June 13, 2016 via Valory Music Group as the fourth single from his second studio album, Tangled Up. The song was written by Rhett, Thomas Allen, Harold Brown, Morris Dickerson, Sean Douglas, Gerry Goldstein, Leroy Jordan, Charles Miller, Lee Osker, Andreas Schuller, Howard Scott, Joe Spargur, Ricky Reed, and John Ryan.
Usage examples of "vacation".
He and Margaret had closed the diner for a week each summer to take Addle on a family vacation.
The money allegedly was to help pay off debts and to finance an Acapulco vacation for two.
Emaa had tried to force her into living in Niniltna, the womb to which she had fled from the stifling, swarming confines of college, the place waiting for her on long weekends and vacations between time on the job in Anchorage, the one place in the world able to heal the wounds inflicted by five and a half years of casework featuring raped and beaten women and abused children, her home, her center, her sanctuary, her refuge.
Zebedee had given us all a brief vacation during his absence from Capernaum, I decided to take advantage of the time and come out here to see the Baptist for myself.
This dynamic state is a vacation paradise, boasting a population, an average annual rainfall, and historical significance.
Amazon between our trysts, and breaks off the affair when she finds herself pregnant, but reinstitutes it some years later, I forget why, but breaks it off finally when she and Proetus go vacationing in Italy, et cetera, I forget.
What chafed Clyde most was the fact that his vacation had expired today.
Vance, the eminent dopester of crimes and ponies, can now take a luxurious vacation.
Detective Fogle told me you- you would meet me tomorrow once you returned from you- your vacation.
There we will find neither the village of Oetlingen or the Essence of Beauty, but rather the awaited third friend, the student of jurisprudence Karl Hamelt, returning from Wendlingen, where he had spent his vacation.
Eleven years ago, however, Heek had taken an Idaho vacation to permit the police to forget him, and while in Idaho he had associated himself with an outlaw gang dominated by a man named Jan Hile and another man named Hondo Weatherbee.
I summoned my most authoritative voice, the one I always used when all hell broke out in homeroom the morning before Christmas vacation.
Although he pleaded guilty last week in an illegal kickback scheme, he now seeks his pension, sick leave and unused vacation pay.
Old Tyme Opry hotel and found himself face-to-face with a billboard that said, Why Not Take ALL Your Vacations in Pigeon Fudge, Tennessee?
So he asked for a vacation, got it, packed his bag, and went to the Congress of Vienna to tell everybody about phagocytes, and to look for a quiet place in which to work.