VACANT


Meaning of VACANT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ veɪkənt ]

1.

If something is vacant , it is not being used by anyone.

Half way down the coach was a vacant seat...

= empty

ADJ : usu ADJ n

2.

If a job or position is vacant , no one is doing it or in it at present, and people can apply for it.

The post of chairman has been vacant for some time.

ADJ

3.

A vacant look or expression is one that suggests that someone does not understand something or that they are not thinking about anything in particular.

She had a kind of vacant look on her face.

= blank

ADJ

• va‧cant‧ly

He looked vacantly out of the window.

ADV : ADV after v

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