"vacancy" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈveɪkənsi/ [UK] Audio: En-us-vacancy.ogg , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-vacancy.wav Forms: vacancies [plural]
Etymology: From Late Latin vacantia. Doublet of vacance. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|LL.|vacantia}} Late Latin vacantia, {{doublet|en|vacance}} Doublet of vacance Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} vacancy (countable and uncountable, plural vacancies)
  1. An unoccupied position or job. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (unoccupied position): شَاغِر (šāḡir) (Arabic), وَظِيْفَة شَاغِرَة (alt: waẓiyfa(t) šāḡira) [feminine] (Arabic), شَاغِر وَظِيْفِيّ (šāḡir waẓiyfiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), свободно място (svobodno mjasto) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 空缺 (kōngquē) (Chinese Mandarin), 空職 /空职 (kōngzhí) (Chinese Mandarin), 空額 /空额 (kòng'é) (Chinese Mandarin), volné místo [neuter] (Czech), vacature [feminine] (Dutch), vakanssi (Finnish), avoin virka (Finnish), ვაკანსია (vaḳansia) (Georgian), Vakanz [feminine] (German), freie Stelle [feminine] (German), posto vacante (Italian), posizione vacante (Italian), 欠員 (ketsuin) (alt: けついん) (Japanese), vacanche [feminine] (Norman), ledig stilling [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), wakat [masculine] (Polish), vaga [feminine] (Portuguese), вака́нсия (vakánsija) [feminine] (Russian), vacancia [feminine] (Spanish), вака́нсія (vakánsija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), isikhala [class-7, class-8] (Zulu)
    Sense id: en-vacancy-en-noun-3kFu3BJO Disambiguation of 'unoccupied position': 65 9 4 21 1 0
  2. An available room in a hotel; guest house, etc. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (available room): غُرْفَة شَاغِرَة (alt: ḡurfa(t) šāḡira) [masculine] (Arabic), свободна стая (svobodna staja) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 空位 (kòngwèi, kōngwèi) (Chinese Mandarin), vapaa huone (Finnish), chambre libre [feminine] (French), თავისუფალი ნომერი (tavisupali nomeri) (Georgian), freies Zimmer [neuter] (German), ledig rom [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), vaga [feminine] (Portuguese), свобо́дный но́мер (svobódnyj nómer) [masculine] (Russian), vacancia [feminine] (Spanish), ledig plats [common-gender] (Swedish)
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  3. Empty space. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (empty space): حَيِّز (ḥayyiz) [masculine] (Arabic), празнина (praznina) [feminine] (Bulgarian), vapaa paikka (Finnish), სიცარიელე (sicariele) (Georgian), ცარიელი სივრცე (carieli sivrce) (Georgian), freier Platz [masculine] (German), espaci vuèg [masculine] (Occitan), espaci (Occitan), свобо́дное ме́сто (svobódnoje mésto) [neuter] (Russian), vacancia [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-vacancy-en-noun-TY3LZaaC Disambiguation of 'empty space': 1 2 93 2 1 1
  4. A blank mind, unoccupied with thought. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-vacancy-en-noun-1nTfjHgJ
  5. Lack of intelligence or understanding. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-vacancy-en-noun-5aCXPXoc
  6. (physics) A defect in a crystal caused by the absence of an atom in a lattice Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Physics Translations (A defect in a crystal): ваканция (vakancija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), Leerstelle [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-vacancy-en-noun-mZ4g0x-M Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'A defect in a crystal': 0 11 2 0 5 83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: vacant [adjective], vacate [verb]

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "unoccupied position",
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      "word": "vapaa huone"
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      "word": "chambre libre"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "roman": "tavisupali nomeri",
      "sense": "available room",
      "word": "თავისუფალი ნომერი"
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      "word": "свобо́дный но́мер"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḥayyiz",
      "sense": "empty space",
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      "word": "حَيِّز"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "praznina",
      "sense": "empty space",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "празнина"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "empty space",
      "word": "vapaa paikka"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "roman": "sicariele",
      "sense": "empty space",
      "word": "სიცარიელე"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "carieli sivrce",
      "sense": "empty space",
      "word": "ცარიელი სივრცე"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "empty space",
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      "code": "oc",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "svobódnoje mésto",
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "vakancija",
      "sense": "A defect in a crystal",
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      "code": "de",
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