2 meanings
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1 —as in:
vacate the building
Definition
to leave a place, job or position previously occupied- You must vacate your apartment by Monday.
vacate = leave a place previously occupied
Other Uses (with this meaning)
- The sheriff insisted that we vacate the apartment immediately.
- The vote forced her to vacate her position as chairperson of the committee.
- Due to rules violations, the NCAA vacated the team's championship and victories of the year.
- He slides into the vacated chair and waits for the man to disappear before speaking again.Stephanie Perkins -- Anna and the French Kiss
- Atticus picked up the Mobile Press and sat down in the rocking chair Jem had vacated.Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird
- But even if he had known about these cabins, they wouldn't have delivered McCandless from harm: At some point after mid-April, when the last of the cabins was vacated as the spring thaw made dog mushing and snow-machine travel problematic, somebody broke into all three cabins and vandalized them extensively.Jon Krakauer -- Into the Wild
- Mother and daughter vacated the cemetery and made their way toward the next train to Munich.Markus Zusak -- The Book Thief
- I wonder what student left to vacate my position?Stephanie Perkins -- Anna and the French Kiss
vacate = leave a place previously occupied
vacated = emptied
vacated = gotten out of
vacated = moved out of
vacated = left
2 —as in:
vacate the lower court's ruling
Definition
to cancel or annul a formal ruling or contract- My conviction was vacated, but I still suspect that Google searches that find it keep me from getting job interviews.
vacated = canceled or annulled
- They vacated the lower court's ruling.
vacated = canceled or annulled