What is the meaning of the word "vacate"?

Definitions:

  1. Give up or leave a job so that someone else must be found to do it. copy to clipboard VERB
    • I vacated the position when I got sick. copy to clipboard
    • No candidates have been named to fill the position vacated by the Chairman. copy to clipboard
  2. If a court's decision is vacated, it is changed so that it does not have to be obeyed. copy to clipboard VERB
    • The Justices vacated a ruling by the federal appeals court. copy to clipboard
  3. To give up possession or occupancy of something. copy to clipboard VERB
    • You must vacate your office by tonight. copy to clipboard
  4. To leave a place that one has previously occupied, making it empty or available for others. copy to clipboard VERB
    • Hotel guests are requested to vacate their rooms by noon. copy to clipboard

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