vacancy

«vacancy» in Mova's school dictionary: a job that is free and waiting for someone to fill it — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a vacancy, vacancies)

meaning for a pupil

1) A vacancy is a job that is free and waiting for someone to fill it. tree →

2) A vacancy is also an empty room in a hotel. tree →

3) Vacancy can mean emptiness or lack of thought (formal). tree →

sense in the lessons

In adult life, job vacancies are advertised. Hotels show «vacancies» or «no vacancies». In stories, a vacancy in someone's eyes shows emptiness. Phrases: job vacancy, no vacancies.

examples

• There is a vacancy for a teacher at our school. tree →
• The hotel sign said «No vacancies». tree →
• Dad applied for a vacancy at the bank. tree →
• We found a vacancy at the campsite. tree →
• There was a vacancy in his stare. tree →
• The club has two vacancies. tree →

note

Countable. Plural: vacancies. Adjective: vacant (empty).

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «vacancy» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.