vacancy
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vacancy
- /ˈveɪkənsi/ Canada, US, UK
- /ˈvæɪkənsi/ Australia, New Zealand
Where it comes from
From Late Latin vacantia. Doublet of vacance.
noun vacancies
- An unoccupied position or job. Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, the President shall nominate a Vice President who shall take office upon confirmation by a majority vote of both Houses of Congress.
- An available room in a hotel; guest house, etc.
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Empty space.
The following account of Cavendish is from one of our most accomplished chemists, who communicated it orally to Mr. Tomlinson, from whom I received it. “When I was a very young man—a new Fellow of the Royal Society—I always looked upon it as a great honour to be noticed by Cavendish, and so did the
Similar: vacantness, vacuum, vacuity
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A blank mind, unoccupied with thought.
...—who has not looked back to the past with that passion of hopelessness, which deems that life can never more be what it has been,—with a consciousness that the dearer emotions are exhausted, while in their place have arisen but vacancy and weariness?
Similar: vacantness, vacuity, vacuousness
- Lack of intelligence or understanding.
- A defect in a crystal caused by the absence of an atom in a lattice
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: void, emptiness, vacant, vacuum, empty, unfilled, unoccupied, unencumbered, shortage, disused, unideal, recess, gap, position, seat, incumbency
Translations
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noun unoccupied position
| Español | vacancia, vacante, vacatura |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 결원 gyeorwon |
| 日本語 | 欠員 ketsuin |
| 中文 | 空缺 kōngquē, 空職 /空职 kōngzhí, 空額 /空额 kòng'é |
| Português | vaga |
| Deutsch | Vakanz, freie Stelle |
| Italiano | posto vacante, posizione vacante |
| Русский | вака́нсия vakánsija |
| العربية | شَاغِر šāḡir, وَظِيفَة شَاغِرَة waẓīfa šāḡira, شَاغِر وَظِيفِيّ šāḡir waẓīfiyy |
noun available room
| Español | vacancia |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 빈방 binbang |
| 日本語 | 空き部屋 akibeya |
| 中文 | 空位 kòngwèi, kōngwèi |
| Português | vaga |
| Français | chambre libre |
| Deutsch | freies Zimmer |
| Русский | свобо́дный но́мер svobódnyj nómer |
| العربية | غُرْفَة شَاغِرَة |
noun empty space
| Español | vacancia, casal |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | freier Platz |
| Русский | свобо́дное ме́сто svobódnoje mésto |
| العربية | حَيِّز ḥayyiz |
noun a defect in a crystal
| Deutsch | Leerstelle |
|---|
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title = {vacancy},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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