vacate

5 definitions • 7 examples

to leave a room, building, chair, etc. so that it is available for other people:

Hotel guests are requested to vacate their rooms by noon.

Denis vacates his job at the end of the week.

to leave a place or position:

When he left the university, he had to vacate his university-provided housing.

to leave a job so that someone else must be found to do it:

be vacated by sb No candidates have been named to fill the position vacated by the Chairman.

vacate a job/post/seat

to leave a building, room, seat, etc. so that it is available for other people to use:

After the sale was agreed, the company was given 12 weeks to vacate the building.

if a court's decision is vacated, it is changed so that it does not have to be obeyed:

A $10 million lawsuit verdict has been vacated by a New Jersey state appeals court.