"vacancy" meaning in English

See vacancy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈveɪkənsi/ [UK] Audio: En-us-vacancy.ogg [US], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-vacancy.wav [Southern-England] Forms: vacancies [plural]
Etymology: From vac(ant) + -ancy. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|vacant|ancy|alt1=vac(ant)}} vac(ant) + -ancy 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 (Chinese Mandarin), 空职 (kōngzhí) (Chinese Mandarin), 空額 (Chinese Mandarin), 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), вака́нсія (vakánsija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), isikhala [class-7, class-8] (Zulu)
    Sense id: en-vacancy-en-noun-3kFu3BJO Disambiguation of 'unoccupied position': 75 3 6 14 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), ledig plats [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-vacancy-en-noun-Wdk9cl3D Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ancy Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 68 2 1 3 25 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ancy: 4 55 10 4 11 17 Disambiguation of 'available room': 3 92 0 3 1 1
  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)
    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 82
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: vacant [adjective], vacate [verb]

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1993, James Michie, trans. Ovid, The Art of Love, Book II",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ],
      "word": "vacant"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "vacate"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1965, Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution",
          "text": "Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, the President shall nominate a Vice President who shall take office upon confirmation by a majority vote of both Houses of Congress.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An unoccupied position or job."
      ],
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        [
          "unoccupied",
          "unoccupied"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "An available room in a hotel; guest house, etc."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "available",
          "available"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1993, James Michie, trans. Ovid, The Art of Love, Book II",
          "text": "Sky was set above earth, land ringed with sea, / Chaos retired to its own vacancy …."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Empty space."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Empty",
          "empty"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A blank mind, unoccupied with thought."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mind",
          "mind"
        ],
        [
          "thought",
          "thought"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Lack of intelligence or understanding."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Physics"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A defect in a crystal caused by the absence of an atom in a lattice"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "physics",
          "physics"
        ],
        [
          "defect",
          "defect"
        ],
        [
          "crystal",
          "crystal"
        ],
        [
          "absence",
          "absence"
        ],
        [
          "atom",
          "atom"
        ],
        [
          "lattice",
          "lattice"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(physics) A defect in a crystal caused by the absence of an atom in a lattice"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "physics"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈveɪkənsi/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/En-us-vacancy.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-vacancy.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b7/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-vacancy.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-vacancy.wav.mp3",
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "šāḡir",
      "sense": "unoccupied position",
      "word": "شَاغِر"
    },
    {
      "alt": "waẓiyfa(t) šāḡira",
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "unoccupied position",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "وَظِيْفَة شَاغِرَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "šāḡir waẓiyfiyy",
      "sense": "unoccupied position",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "شَاغِر وَظِيْفِيّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "svobodno mjasto",
      "sense": "unoccupied position",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "свободно място"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kōngquē",
      "sense": "unoccupied position",
      "word": "空缺"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "unoccupied position",
      "word": "空職"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kōngzhí",
      "sense": "unoccupied position",
      "word": "空职"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "unoccupied position",
      "word": "空額"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kòng'é",
      "sense": "unoccupied position",
      "word": "空额"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "unoccupied position",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "volné místo"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "unoccupied position",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vacature"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "unoccupied position",
      "word": "vakanssi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "unoccupied position",
      "word": "avoin virka"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "vaḳansia",
      "sense": "unoccupied position",
      "word": "ვაკანსია"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "unoccupied position",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Vakanz"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "unoccupied position",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "freie Stelle"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "unoccupied position",
      "word": "posto vacante"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "unoccupied position",
      "word": "posizione vacante"
    },
    {
      "alt": "けついん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ketsuin",
      "sense": "unoccupied position",
      "word": "欠員"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "unoccupied position",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vacanche"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "unoccupied position",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ledig stilling"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "unoccupied position",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wakat"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "unoccupied position",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vaga"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vakánsija",
      "sense": "unoccupied position",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "вака́нсия"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vakánsija",
      "sense": "unoccupied position",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "вака́нсія"
    },
    {
      "code": "zu",
      "lang": "Zulu",
      "sense": "unoccupied position",
      "tags": [
        "class-7",
        "class-8"
      ],
      "word": "isikhala"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ḡurfa(t) šāḡira",
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "available room",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "غُرْفَة شَاغِرَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "svobodna staja",
      "sense": "available room",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "свободна стая"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kòngwèi, kōngwèi",
      "sense": "available room",
      "word": "空位"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "available room",
      "word": "vapaa huone"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "available room",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chambre libre"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "tavisupali nomeri",
      "sense": "available room",
      "word": "თავისუფალი ნომერი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "available room",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "freies Zimmer"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "available room",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ledig rom"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "available room",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vaga"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "svobódnyj nómer",
      "sense": "available room",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "свобо́дный но́мер"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "available room",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "ledig plats"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḥayyiz",
      "sense": "empty space",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "حَيِّز"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "praznina",
      "sense": "empty space",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "празнина"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "empty space",
      "word": "vapaa paikka"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "sicariele",
      "sense": "empty space",
      "word": "სიცარიელე"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "carieli sivrce",
      "sense": "empty space",
      "word": "ცარიელი სივრცე"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "empty space",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "freier Platz"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "empty space",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "espaci vuèg"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "empty space",
      "word": "espaci"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "svobódnoje mésto",
      "sense": "empty space",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "свобо́дное ме́сто"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vakancija",
      "sense": "A defect in a crystal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ваканция"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "A defect in a crystal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Leerstelle"
    }
  ],
  "word": "vacancy"
}

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