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vacatedleft empty; abandoned a position or place

Part of speech: VERB

Definition: left empty; abandoned a position or place

Pronunciation (IPA): /ˈveɪkeɪtɪd/

Example Sentences

  • The CEO vacated his office so quickly that he left his coffee still steaming on the desk.
  • The apartment was vacated by the previous tenant three months ago.
  • After the scandal broke, the senator immediately vacated her position.

vacated

VERB

[/ˈveɪkeɪtɪd/]

left empty; abandoned a position or place

a family of three walks away from their apartment building carrying the last of their belongings in boxes and suitcases. The father looks back one final time at the empty windows of their former home. Behind them, the apartment shows clear signs of being completely emptied out with bare walls visible through open windows. Moving truck workers are loading the final furniture pieces into a large truck. Other residents watch from their balconies as the family departs from what was once their home.  a place being vacated and left empty after people have moved away
💡 Concept

a family of three walks away from their apartment building carrying the last of their belongings in boxes and suitcases. The father looks back one final time at the empty windows of their former home. Behind them, the apartment shows clear signs of being completely emptied out with bare walls visible through open windows. Moving truck workers are loading the final furniture pieces into a large truck. Other residents watch from their balconies as the family departs from what was once their home. a place being vacated and left empty after people have moved away

What was vacated gets updated with dreams created!
🎵 Rhyme

What was vacated gets updated with dreams created!

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🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/ˈveɪkeɪtɪd/
🇬🇧 UK/ˈveɪkeɪtɪd/

🌳Etymology

Rootvac
Suffix--ate

🎵Rhyme

createdrelatedupdated
created
related
updated

🔗Collocations

vacated position
vacated premises
vacated seat
recently vacated
vacated office

📝Examples

😄 Fun example

The CEO vacated his office so quickly that he left his coffee still steaming on the desk.

The apartment was vacated by the previous tenant three months ago.

After the scandal broke, the senator immediately vacated her position.

😄 Fun example

The haunted house has been vacated for so long that even the ghosts moved out.

📚Related Words

Synonyms

abandonedleftevacuatedemptieddeparted

Antonyms

occupiedfilledinhabited

Related

vacantvacationvacancyevacuate

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