vacant
va‧cant /ˈveɪkənt/
adjective
Only a few apartments were still vacant.
There was only a vacant lot (=empty unused area of land in a city) where her house used to be.
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In everyday English, people usually say that a seat or room is free rather than vacant:
▪Is this seat free?
2. formal a job or position in an organization that is vacant is available for someone to start doing
fall vacant British English (=become vacant)
He was offered the position of headmaster when it fell vacant.
situations vacant British English (=the part of a newspaper where jobs are advertised)
3. vacant expression/look/stare etc written an expression that shows that someone does not seem to be thinking about anything:
He gazed at me with vacant eyes.
—vacantly adverb:
Cindy was staring vacantly into space.
va‧cant /ˈveɪkənt/
adjective Date: 1200-1300
Language: Old French
Origin: Latin, present participle of vacare 'to be empty, be free'
1. a vacant seat, building, room, or piece of land is empty and available for someone to use:Language: Old French
Origin: Latin, present participle of vacare 'to be empty, be free'
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In everyday English, people usually say that a seat or room is free rather than vacant:
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2. formal a job or position in an organization that is vacant is available for someone to start doing
fall vacant British English (=become vacant)
situations vacant British English (=the part of a newspaper where jobs are advertised)
3. vacant expression/look/stare etc written an expression that shows that someone does not seem to be thinking about anything:
—vacantly adverb: