vacated
Americanadjective
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(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.
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(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.
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rendered inoperative; made void or invalid; annulled.
A new sentence is being imposed on the defendant in place of the vacated sentence.
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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
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of vacated
First recorded in 1785–95; vacate ( def. ) + -ed 2 ( def. ) for the adjective senses; vacate ( def. ) + -ed 1 ( def. ) for the verb sense
Example Sentences
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Each week, he and his wife and three young sons would move into a dorm room that a Christian student had vacated for them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
Here, Anthony Gordon drops deep with Morgan Rogers making a 'counter-movement' or run behind to the vacated space.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
By 2026, they had vacated seven of eight.
From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2026
Curtis, a 68-year-old attorney, was appointed by the Shasta County Board of Supervisors in the spring of 2025 to fill the position vacated by two previous registrars who resigned for health reasons.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
“Thank you,” said Voldemort, and he took the seat to which Dumbledore had gestured — the very seat, by the looks of it, that Harry had just vacated in the present.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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