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vacancy Definition

va·cancy (kən sē)

noun pl. -·cies

  1. the state of being vacant, or empty; emptiness
    1. empty space
    2. a vacant space; gap, blank, opening, etc.
  2. the state of being empty in mind; lack of intelligence, interest, or thought; vacuity
  3. Now Rare the state of being free from work, activity, etc.; idleness
  4. an unoccupied position or office; unfilled post, situation, or job
  5. untenanted quarters, as in a hotel
  6. Physics a lattice defect in a crystal due to a displaced or missing ion or atom

Etymology: L vacantia < vacans

vacancy Synonyms

vacancy

n.

  1. A vacated position

    opening, vacated post, post without an incumbent, unfilled position, unheld office, job*.

  2. Untenanted quarters

    empty room, empty apartment, room to let, apartment to let, lodging, quarters, tenantless house, uninhabited house, vacant house, unoccupied house, deserted house, house for rent, house for sale.

vacancy Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • advertize: You can too, by looking out for vacancies advertised in the press or checking the main Civil Service gateway on the web.
  • fill: The Committee has the power to fill any vacancy which may arise.
  • notify: The Bridge contains details of a wide range of graduate vacancies notified to the Careers Service by a variety of employers.
  • browse: You can browse the available vacancies in each deanery in turn if you could consider more than one area.

Adjective modifier

  • casual: Casual Vacancy for Lancs & Cumbria Clerical Seat Mr Ian Wood, Clerical Officer, St Annes on Sea.
  • advertised: How to Apply We are only able to accept applications in response to advertised vacancies.
  • unfilled: It is not clear whether this applies to an unfilled vacancy.
  • current: Vacancy David Walsh asked the PPC whether with the current vacancy we should invite a young person onto the Council.
  • first-rate: And we are often aware of first-rate vacancies that have not been publicized elsewhere.
  • permanent: They cannot pursue a career by filling a permanent full time vacancy.

Modifies a noun

  • bulletin: In addition, your careers service may publish its own job vacancy bulletin on paper or online.
  • advertisement: Some companies make it clear which skills or abilities they are looking for from applicants on their vacancy advertisement or on their company website.
  • listing: Most have vacancy listings that do not require registration.

Noun used with modifier

  • tech: Find your perfect job - click here for thousands of tech vacancies.
  • hard-to-fill: The latest available data suggest that the number of hard-to-fill vacancies appears to have fallen in recent months.
  • job: In addition, your careers service may publish its own job vacancy bulletin on paper or online.
  • pupillage: For example, if chambers merge or an additional pupillage vacancy is made available.
  • graduate: One in four graduate vacancies are in accountancy and financial services, while law and investment banking are also top destinations.

Preposition: for

  • observers/accompaniers: PBI Colombia Project: permanent vacancies for international observers/accompaniers in Colombia, see website.

Preposition: by

  • co-option: The Parish Clerk may display a second notice inviting persons to come forward for consideration to fill the vacancy by co-option.
vacancy Quotes

Not Chaos, not The darkest pit of lowest Erebus Nor aught of blinder vacancy, scooped out By help of dreamsöcan breed such fear and awe As fall upon us often when we look Into our Minds, into the Mind of Manö My haunt, and the main region of my song.

—Wordsworth,William

A face peered. All the grey night In chaos of vacancy shone; Nought but vast Sorrow was thereö The sweet cheat gone.

—de la Mare,Walter

At the next vacancy for God, if I am elected, I shall forgive last the delicately wounded who, having been slugged no harder than anyone else, never got up again, neither to fight back, nor to finger their jaws in painful admiration.

—Cicero full name MarcusTullius Cicero

You can always tell employees of the government by the total vacancy which occupies the space where most other people have faces. 863

—Toole,John Kennedy

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