vacancy
5
2.7
- noun
- /ˈveɪkənsi/
- The hotel has a vacancy for a single room this weekend.
- vacancy rates
Examples
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After the previous tenant moved out, the vacancy was filled quickly by a new resident.
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Still, there is something terrifying in the vacancy Abraham witnesses, this still world whose only movement is the noiseless smoke rising from scorched earth.
Academic text (2008) -
Do you feel a vacancy in your life about that, John, something you wish could be filled by a face, a voice, an image?
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The silent, empty ship is an ideal focus of vacancy.
Fiction book (2001) -
With plenty of old buildings and lots of vacancies, it's only natural that downtown should be filled with stores.
Blog text (28) -
One thing I always loved about the Mansion on the Hill was its emptiness, its vacancy.
Fiction book (1997) -
Human beings tend to impose a symbolic figure to occupy the vacancy and signify presence.
Academic text (1997) -
Due to high demand, the vacancy rate at local apartments is very low.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
An empty area available for use
148
6.5
A very empty space or feeling that is hard to fill
136
4.2
A space with no air or other matter
89
1.7
An empty space between words or lines in writing
32
3.6
A space or place that has nothing in it
7
1.6
An empty area for writing or filling in information
3
4.3
A feeling of emptiness with no thoughts or emotion
1
8.1
A feeling of emptiness after something important ends
1
9.7
An empty space with nothing inside
A place or space with nothing in it and no activity
Compounds
How Occupied
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Vacancy comes from the Latin word vacare, which means 'to be empty'. Think of a vacuum or an empty room: a vacancy is an open space or emptiness where something could be.