- (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.
- (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.
- rendered inoperative; made void or invalid; annulled: A new sentence is being imposed on the defendant in place of the vacated sentence.
- cleared or emptied of whatever was in it: Having moved the pork medallions to a covered plate, fry the bacon in the vacated pan.
- the simple past tense and past participle of vacate.
