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vacant
vacant /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:
    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.