🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

비우다

Pronunciation / Transliteration: biuda

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Vacate/ˈveɪ.keɪt/
verbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"정오까지 방을 비워 주시기 바랍니다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To leave a place, seat, or premises, making it empty for someone else.

    "Guests are requested to vacate their rooms by 11 AM on the day of departure."
  2. 2

    To officially cancel, rescind, or annul a legal judgment, contract, or position.

    "The judge decided to vacate the previous ruling due to newly discovered evidence."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin verb 'vacare', meaning 'to be empty, free, or at leisure'. It entered the English language in the late 16th century via the past participle form 'vacatus', initially used in legal contexts regarding offices or properties becoming unoccupied.

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