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English verb: vacate | |||
| 1. | vacate (social) leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily | ||
| Samples | She vacated the position when she got pregnant. The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds. | ||
| Synonyms | give up, renounce, resign | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | leave office, quit, resign, step down | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | abdicate, renounce | ||
| 2. | vacate (motion) leave behind empty; move out of | ||
| Samples | You must vacate your office by tonight. | ||
| Synonyms | abandon, empty | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | go away, go forth, leave | ||
| 3. | vacate (communication) cancel officially | ||
| Samples | He revoked the ban on smoking. Lift an embargo. Vacate a death sentence. | ||
| Synonyms | annul, countermand, lift, overturn, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cancel, strike down | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | go back on, renege, renege on, renegue on | ||
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