MEANING
1. To leave a place, seat, or position so that it is no longer occupied by you.
2. To cancel or set aside a legal order, decision, or judgement.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- vacate the premises
- vacate a seat
On the page
The tenants had to vacate the building before the inspection.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- vacate
- Past tense
- vacated
- Past participle
- vacated
- Present participle
- vacating
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- vacate
- Present continuous
- am/is/are vacating
- Present perfect
- have/has vacated
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been vacating
- Past
- vacated
- Past continuous
- was/were vacating
- Past perfect
- had vacated
- Past perfect continuous
- had been vacating
- Future
- will vacate
- Future continuous
- will be vacating
- Future perfect
- will have vacated
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been vacating
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: vacate; vacates; vacated; vacated; vacating Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: vacates.
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