vacated

[ vey-key-tid ]
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adjective
  1. (of a place) given up or left by whoever was occupying it: I had to clean the vacated rooms and prepare them for the newcomers.

  2. (of an office or position) given up or relinquished: The final deadline for applications to the newly vacated position of Project Manager is January 13th.

  1. rendered inoperative; made void or invalid; annulled: A new sentence is being imposed on the defendant in place of the vacated sentence.

  2. cleared or emptied of whatever was in it: Having moved the pork medallions to a covered plate, fry the bacon in the vacated pan.

verb
  1. the simple past tense and past participle of vacate.

Origin of vacated

1
First recorded in 1785–95; vacate + -ed2 for the adjective senses; vacate + -ed1 for the verb sense

Other words from vacated

  • un·va·cat·ed, adjective

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