Vacancy (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun, plural va·can·cies.
  1. the state of being vacant; emptiness.
  2. a vacant, empty, or unoccupied place, as untenanted lodgings or offices: This building still has no vacancies.
  3. a gap; opening; breach.
  4. an unoccupied position or office: a vacancy on the Supreme Court.
  5. lack of thought or intelligence; vacuity: a look of utter vacancy.
  6. (in a crystal) an imperfection resulting from an unoccupied lattice position.
  7. absence of activity; idleness.
noun plural -cies
  1. the state or condition of being vacant or unoccupied; emptiness
  2. an unoccupied post or office
  3. an unoccupied room in a boarding house, hotel, etc
  4. lack of thought or intelligent awareness; inanity
  5. a defect in a crystalline solid caused by the absence of an atom, ion, or molecule from its position in the crystal lattice
  6. idleness or a period spent in idleness
Vacancy (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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