prevacation

va·ca·tion

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Definitions of prevacation word

noun prevacation a period of suspension of work, study, or other activity, usually used for rest, recreation, or travel; recess or holiday: Schoolchildren are on vacation now. 1
noun prevacation a part of the year, regularly set aside, when normal activities of law courts, legislatures, etc., are suspended. 1
noun prevacation freedom or release from duty, business, or activity. 1
noun prevacation an act or instance of vacating. 1
verb without object prevacation to take or have a vacation: to vacation in the Caribbean. 1

before 1350

One of the 20% oldest English words

1350-1400; < Latin vacātiōn- (stem of vacātiō freedom from something; see vacate, -ion); replacing Middle English vacacioun < Anglo-French

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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