Vacancy

Definitions

1. An unoccupied position or job.
   countable, uncountable
2. An available room in a hotel; guest house, etc.
   countable, uncountable
3. Empty space.
   countable, uncountable
4. A blank mind, unoccupied with thought.
   countable, uncountable
5. Lack of intelligence or understanding.
   countable, uncountable
6. A defect in a crystal caused by the absence of an atom in a lattice
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, the President shall nominate⟳ a Vice President who shall take⟳ office upon confirmation by a majority vote⟳ of both Houses of Congress.”

“Sky was set⟳ above earth, land⟳ ringed with sea, / Chaos retired to its own⟳ vacancy ….”

“...—who has not looked back to the past with that passion of hopelessness, which deems that life can never more be what it has been,—with a consciousness that the dearer emotions are exhausted, while in their place⟳ have⟳ arisen but vacancy and weariness?”

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