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Definition: Vacation |
VacationNoun1. Leisure time away from work; devoted to rest or pleasure. 2. The act of making something legally void. Verb1. Spend or take a vacation. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "vacation" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
Etymology: Vacation \Va*ca"tion\, noun. [French expression, from the Latin expression vacatio being free from duty, service, etc., from vacare. See Vacate.]. (references) |
Synonym: VacationSynonym: holiday (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Repose | Day of rest, dies non, Sabbath, Lord's day, holiday, red-letter day, vacation, recess. |
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Crosswords: Vacation |
| English words defined with "vacation": appeal, attract ♦ Banff ♦ desideratum ♦ holiday ♦ Nonterm ♦ paid vacation, pluvial, pluvious ♦ rainy ♦ use ♦ vacation home, vacationer, vacationing, vacationist. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "vacation": ATTENDANT, LODGING FACILITIES, auto-camp attendant ♦ Baste, Box Days ♦ caretaker, resort, CLERK, TELEVISION PRODUCTION, club account, COUNSELOR, CAMP, COUPON-REDEMPTION CLERK ♦ Employed persons ♦ Holidays ♦ leave year ♦ MANAGER, TRAVEL AGENCY ♦ PERSONNEL SCHEDULER, POLICE CLERK ♦ RATER, TRAVEL ACCOMMODATIONS ♦ scheduler and planner, severance pay, SUPERVISOR, INSTANT POTATO PROCESSING ♦ terminal vacation pay, tourist-camp attendant ♦ vacation year ♦ Weeks worked in, Weeks worked in the past 12 months, wizard hat, Worked in, Worked in the past 12 months. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Vacation" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. French (session, time exposure). |
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Screenplays | It's his first real vacation in six years, Max. Take it easy (Dirty Dancing; writing credit: Eleanor Bergstein) How do you like your vacation so far (Speed 2: Cruise Control; writing credit: Graham Yost; Jan de Bont) I could use another vacation. (Rush Hour 2; writing credit: Jeff Nathanson) Careful Bill, you'll give yourself a heart attack and ruin my vacation. (Meet Joe Black; writing credit: Martin Brest, screenplay adaptation by Walter Ferris. Based on the play 'Death Takes a Holiday' by Alberto Casella.) I might just have to go back to loan-sharking for a while to get some vacation. (Get Shorty; writing credit: Scott Frank. Based on the novel by Elmore Leonard.) | |
Lyrics | That one last shot's a Permanent Vacation (Amazing; performing artist: Aerosmith) I'm gonna take the weeks, gonna have a fine vacation ("Summertime Blues"; performing artist: Eddie Cochran) I know I need a small vacation but it don't look like rain (Wichita Lineman; performing artist: Glen Campbell; writing credit: Jimmy Webb) As vacation land for lawyers in love (LAWYERS IN LOVE; performing artist: Jackson Browne) Her husband on vacation and left her home alone (E.I.; performing artist: Nelly) | |
Clever | Working vacation (references; author: unknown) My worst day of vacation has always been better than my best day at work. (references; author: unknown) Vacation is what you take when you can't take what you've been taking any longer. (references; author: unknown) Parental Observation: Summer vacation is a time when parents realize that teachers are grossly underpaid. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | School Teacher's Weekend Vacation (1973) How I Spent My Summer Vacation (1967) One Weak Vacation (1963) Vacation Playhouse (1963) Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962) | |
Song Titles | Vacation (performing artist: The Go-Go's) | |
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 | Recreational fishing boat and vacation home. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | If all the farmers took a year's vacation ... Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Summer pastimes. On a back-country vacation train two hours late -- envying the wise guy ... Credit: Library of Congress. |  | That little vacation seems to have done Donald a lot of good. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | John D. Rockefeller, Jr., takes vacation / P. Credit: Library of Congress; photo by Underwood & Underwood, New York.. |  | President leaves for vacation in West Indies Islands. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Vacation days, Belle Isle Park, exterior, Detroit, Mich. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Foreman of canning plant. Indiana farmer who originally came to Florida for a vacation. Dania, Florida. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Oregon, Marion County, near West Stayton Local high school girl, who picks beans during vacation time. See general caption number 46. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Master prints. Vacation landscapes, looking south from Casa Alba. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Italian Vacation 2" by Vince Navarro Commentary: "Here are some pictures I used in a brochure, they look very nice when tweaked :-)." | "Vacation" by Roberto La Mela Commentary: "Boa." |
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 | Tropics; equatorial; hot; humid; lush; steamy; sticky; stifling; sultry; sweat box; sweltering; torrid; tropic; vacation; relaxation; . |
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Bill Hicks | Here is my final point, oh thank you God. About drugs, about alcohol, about pornography, whatever that is. What business is it of yours what I do, read, buy, see, or take into my body as long as I do not harm another human being on this planet? And for those of you out there who're having a little moral dilemma in your head about how to answer that question, I'll answer it for you - none of your fucking business. Take that to the bank, cash it, and go fucking on a vacation out of my life. |
Elbert Hubbard | No man needs a vacation so much as the man who has just had one. |
Ronald Reagan | Unemployment insurance is a pre-paid vacation for freeloaders. |
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Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | First came the vacation and then the next term and then vacation again and then again another term and then again the vacation |
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Health | Another, often found in children, is emotional stress or excitement, often from a birthday or vacation, for example. (references) | |
On the other hand, many people who became ill reported that they had not seen rodents or rodent droppings at all. Therefore, if you live in an area where the carrier rodents are known to live, it makes sense to try to keep your home, vacation place, workplace—and as far possible, campsite—clean. (references) | ||
Business | Two weeks is considered to be a minimum vacation. (references) | |
Here we see no sign of reduced interest in the vacation market. (references) | ||
During the vacation period, students also travel a lot throughout the country. (references) | ||
Economic History | Colombia | Colombians have 15 days of statutory paid vacation per year. (references) |
Norway | Norwegians have tended to use most or all of their vacation in the summer. (references) | |
Belgium | As a vacation destination, the US is the long-haul favorite among Belgians. (references) | |
Human Rights | Yemen | However, in 2000 a Norwegian diplomat on vacation was killed near Sana'a during an exchange of fire between checkpoint police and his abductors. (references) |
Political Economy | DENMARK | Danish law provides for five weeks of paid vacation each year. (references) |
PARAGUAY | The law also provides for a minimum wage, an annual bonus of one month's salary, and a minimum of six vacation days a year. (references) | |
Trade | India | Under the new definition, any person who has lived in the country for more than 182 days during the previous financial year is considered to be a resident, but persons who have traveled to and from India for the purpose of vacation, business or employment are excluded from this definition. (references) |
Travel | Sweden | Swedish workers do get 5 weeks of vacation each year. (references) |
Cote D'ivoire | Many businesses close during the month of August for vacation. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Denmark | The law provides for 5 weeks of paid vacation per year. (references) |
Spain | Workers enjoy 12 paid holidays a year and a month's paid vacation. (references) | |
Malta | The law mandates an annual paid vacation of 4 workweeks plus 4 workdays. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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Linda Thompson | Well, interestingly enough, I disappeared for two weeks. I went on vacation with my aunt and uncle to Golf Shores, Alabama. |
Rush Limbaugh | Employees deserve at least three months off in addition to their vacation, sick-time and personal days. |
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John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | The world's prognosis prescribes, in short, not a year's vacation for us, but a year of obligation and opportunity. |
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| "Vacation" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.00% of the time. "Vacation" is used about 301 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99% | 298 | 16,826 |
| Noun (proper) | 1% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 301 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| USA | Classic Vacation Group, Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "vacation": anticipate a pleasant vacation ♦ be on vacation ♦ even during vacation ♦ go for a vacation ♦ go for vacation ♦ go on vacation ♦ i am here on vacation ♦ on vacation ♦ paid vacation ♦ summer vacation ♦ take a vacation ♦ terminal vacation pay ♦ the long vacation ♦ unpaid vacation ♦ vacation course ♦ vacation court ♦ vacation home ♦ vacation pay ♦ vacation shutdown ♦ vacation spot ♦ vacation trip ♦ vacation year. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
vacation | 27,449 | summer vacation | 3,949 |
beach vacation | 11,705 | las vegas vacation | 3,780 |
tropical vacation | 8,531 | spa vacation | 3,737 |
vacation rental | 8,504 | washington vacation | 3,576 |
vacation package | 7,825 | california vacation | 3,427 |
family vacation | 7,760 | adventure vacation | 3,353 |
hawaii vacation | 7,305 | cancun vacation | 3,042 |
wyoming vacation | 7,091 | cheap vacation | 3,014 |
winter vacation | 7,063 | canada vacation | 2,944 |
alaska vacation | 6,022 | mountain vacation | 2,893 |
disney vacation | 6,009 | pennsylvania vacation | 2,887 |
florida vacation | 5,522 | vacation rental yosemite | 2,843 |
apple vacation | 5,384 | sailing vacation | 2,801 |
yosemite vacation | 5,260 | montana vacation | 2,774 |
bahamas vacation | 5,046 | cruise vacation | 2,763 |
wilderness vacation | 4,793 | arizona vacation | 2,709 |
mexico vacation | 4,689 | california vacation rental | 2,654 |
yellowstone vacation | 4,669 | las vegas vacation package | 2,617 |
oregon vacation | 4,463 | france vacation | 2,582 |
romantic vacation | 4,309 | island vacation | 2,581 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "vacation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | pushime shkollore, leje e zakonshme, lejë e zakonshme. (various references) | |
Arabic | فترة عطلة رئيسية, قضى عطلة (vacationer), عطلة (holiday, leave), إجازة (allowance, authorization, furlough, holiday, leave, permission, permissiveness, permit, rest, variance, warrant, warranty), أخذ عطلة (recess). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | вземам отпуска, ваканция (holidays, leave, recess, vac), освобождаване (delivery, discharge, disengagement, disentanglement, dismission, dispensation, disposal, emancipation, enfranchisement, exemption, extrication, immunity, liberation, remission, rescue), отпуска (holiday, holidays, leave), овакантяване (avoidance), опразване (evacuation), напускане (abandonment, departure). (various references) | |
Chinese | 假期 . (various references) | |
Czech | volno (free, free day, free time, holiday, leisure, off, off day, playtime, vacancy), uvolnìní (disengagement, easing, relaxation, release, relief, thaw, undoing), prázdniny (holiday, holidays, recess, vac), dovolená (holiday, holidays, leave). (various references) | |
Danish | ferie (spare time, time off). (various references) | |
Dutch | vakantie (spare time, time off). (various references) | |
Esperanto | libertempo (spare time, time off), ferioj. (various references) | |
Farsi | مهلت (Break, Respite, Space, Usance), مرخصی گرفتن (Recess), مرخصی (Leave, Permission), تعطیل (Holiday, Standstill, Sunday, Suspension), سودگی , بیکاری (Sloth, Unemployment), به تعطیل رفتن . (various references) | |
Finnish | virkavapaus (leave), virkaloma, loma (furlough, gap, holidays, interval, leave). (various references) | |
French | vacances. (various references) | |
Frisian | fakânsje (spare time, time off). (various references) | |
German | Ferien (holiday, holidays, recess, spare time, time off, vacations), Urlaub (exeat, furlough, holiday, leave, leave of absence, pass). (various references) | |
Greek | έχω σχολήν, έχω αργίαν, σχολή (faculty, holiday, leisure, school), εκκένωση (discharge, evacuation), αργία (holiday, idleness, otioseness), διακοπέσ (holidays), διακοπές (holiday), διακοπή (abortion, adjournment, break, breather, disconnection, discontinuance, interception, intermission, interrupt, interruption, pause, recess, respite, severance). (various references) | |
Hebrew | חופשה (freedom, furlough, holiday, leave, vac), חופש (freedom, holiday, leave, liberty). (various references) | |
Hungarian | szabadság (franchise, freedom, holiday, holidays, independence, leave, liberty), szünidõ (recess), szünidő (holiday, holidays, recess), kiürítés (depletion, eduction, evacuation, exanthema, exhaustion). (various references) | |
Indonesian | liburan (holiday, pastime). (various references) | |
Italian | ferie (holidays, holliday, recess). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | バイヤー法 (all-terrain vehicle, baccalaureat, bacteria, bacteriophage, Bagdad, baggy look, bagpipe, baguette, basilisk, bass, bassoon, bath, baumkuchen, Bayer process, bazaar, bilingual, bind, binder, binding, bounce, bound, bow side, bucket, budget, bug, bug fix, bug list, bug report, bugbear, buggy, bus, by-line, holidays, honey wagon, pail, sand buggy, surf clam, vacuum, vacuum car, vacuum cleaner, vagabond, vagina), 休み (absence, holiday, moulting, recess, respite, rest, suspension). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | バカンス (holidays), バケーション , やすみ (absence, holiday, moulting, recess, respite, rest, suspension). (various references) | |
Korean | 휴가. (various references) | |
Malay | vakansi, cuti. (various references) | |
Manx | laghyn seyrey, feaillys (festivity, sacredness). (various references) | |
Norwegian | ferie (holiday, spare time, time off). (various references) | |
Papiamen | vakashon (spare time, time off), fakansi (spare time, time off). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | acationvay.(various references) | |
Polish | wczasy (spare time, time off), urlop (spare time, time off). (various references) | |
Portuguese | férias (lay-off, leave, playday, spare time). (various references) | |
Romanian | vacanţã (holiday, holidays, vacancy), pãrãsire (abandon, dereliction, desertion, desolation, dezmãþat, forsaking, relinquishment, renouncement, solitude), eliberare (absolution, deliverance, discharge, disengagement, emancipation, enfranchisement, issue, liberation, redemption, release, remand, rescue, riddance), concediu (dismissal, furlough, holidays, pleasuring). (various references) | |
Russian | освобождение (deallocation, deliverance, discharge, disengagement, dismissal, dismission, emancipation, enfranchisement, excuse, exemption, liberation, manumission, quittance, release, relief). (various references) | |
Sepedi | khutao. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | raspust (holiday, recess), provoditi odmor, odmor (break, caesura, holiday, intermission, pastime, pause, quiet, recess, reposal, repose, respite, rest), ferije. (various references) | |
Sicilian | feria. (various references) | |
Spanish | vacaciones (holidays, recess, vac). (various references) | |
Swedish | semester (holiday, spare time, time off), ferie (holiday, holidays). (various references) | |
Tagalog | waláng pások, bakasyón. (various references) | |
Turkish | tatil yapmak (go for a vacation, have a holiday, holiday, take a holiday), tatil geçirmek, tatil (holiday, recess, recessional, stoppage, vac), tahliye (discharge, ejection, ejectment, emptying, evacuation, eviction, voidance), izin (allowance, authorization, concession, consent, day off, excuse, furlough, green light, holiday, imprimatur, leave, liberty, pass, permission, permit, sanction, toleration, vac), boşaltma (depletion, discharge, dismantlement, emptying, exhaustion, pouring, tipping, unloading, voidance). (various references) | |
Turkmen | kanikul (r), dynз almak (take a rest). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | відпочинок (bait, blow, comfort, recreation, refreshment, relaxation, repose, resource, rest, sabbath), залишення (abandonment, absence, desertion, leaving, relinquishment), брати відпустку, перерва (adjournment, blow, break, caesura, cessation, discontinuity, intermission, intermittence, interruption, interstice, letup, pause, pretermission, recreation, rest). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự thôi kỳ nghỉ hè, sự bỏ trống, sự bỏ không sự bỏ. (various references) | |
Welsh | gwyliau. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
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| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | feriæ. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "vacation": vacationed, vacationer, vacationers, vacationing, vacationist, vacationists, vacationland, vacationlands, vacations. (additional references) | |
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"Vacation" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Arcachon, evacation, pacatian, vacacion, vacatio, vacavion, vaction, Vechten, viation. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "vacation" (pronounced vākā"shun) |
| 5 | -k ā" sh u n | falsification, abdication, acidification, adjudication, advocation, allocation, altercation, amplification, application, authentication, avocation, bifurcation, certification, clarification, classification, codification, communication, complication, confiscation, convocation, decertification, dedication, deification, demarcation, desiccation, detoxication, detoxification, disembarkation, dislocation, disqualification, diversification, domestication, duplication, echolocation, edification, education, electrification, embarkation, equivocation, eradication, evocation, excommunication, explication, fabrication, fortification, gasification, gentrification, glorification, gratification, identification, implication, indemnification, indication, intensification, intoxication, invocation, justification, location, lubrication, magnification, medication, misallocation, misapplication, miscommunication, misidentification, modification, multiplication, mummification, notification, nullification, obfuscation, ossification, pacification, personification, pontification, prefabrication, prognostication, provocation, publication, purification, qualification, quantification, ramification, ratification, reallocation, recertification, reclassification, rectification, rededication, relocation, replication, reunification, revocation, sanctification, saponification, simplification, sophistication, specification, suffocation, syndication, telecommunication, unification, verification, vilification, vindication, vocation. |
| 4 | -ā" sh u n | facilitation, fascination, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, figuration, filtration, abrogation, acceleration, acclimation, accommodation, abbreviation, aberration, abomination, accreditation, accumulation, accusation, activation, adaptation, administration, admiration, adoration, adulation, affectation, affiliation, affirmation, agglomeration, aggravation, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, alphabetization, alteration, amalgamation, amelioration, amortization, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, anticipation, antidiscrimination, appellation, appreciation, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, aspiration, assassination, assimilation, association, augmentation, authorization, automation, aviation, balkanization, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, celebration, centralization, cessation, cetacean, characterization, citation, civilization, coagulation, cogeneration, cogitation, cohabitation, collaboration, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, communization, compensation, compilation, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conciliation, condemnation, condensation, confabulation, confederation, configuration, confirmation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, connotation, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, consultation, consummation, contamination, contemplation, continuation, conversation, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correlation, corroboration, creation, cremation, criminalization, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, declaration, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, defamation, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deliberation, delineation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, denationalization, denomination, denuclearization, denunciation, depopulation, deportation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, deprivation, deregulation, derivation, desalination, desalinization, desecration, desegregation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, determination, detonation, devaluation, devastation, deviation, dictation, differentiation, dilatation, dilation, discoloration, discontinuation, discrimination, disinclination, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disputation, dissemination, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, distillation, divination, documentation, domination, donation, dramatization, duration, ejaculation, elaboration, elation, elevation, elimination, elongation, emanation, emancipation, emigration, emulation, enumeration, equalization, equitation, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, exacerbation, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, excitation, exclamation, exfoliation, exhalation, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expatriation, expectation, experimentation, expiration, explanation, exploitation, exploration, expropriation, extermination, extrapolation, fixation, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formation, formulation, foundation, fragmentation, frustration, fumigation, gastrulation, generalization, generation, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, gradation, graduation, granulation, gravitation, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hibernation, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impersonation, implantation, implementation, importation, impregnation, improvisation, imputation, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indentation, indexation, indignation, indoctrination, industrialization, infatuation, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, information, inhabitation, inhalation, initiation, innovation, inoculation, insemination, insinuation, inspiration, installation, instigation, institutionalization, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, integration, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, intimation, intimidation, intonation, inundation, invalidation, investigation, invitation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, limitation, liquidation, litigation, localization, machination, magnetization, malformation, manifestation, manipulation, marginalization, masturbation, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, meditation, menstruation, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscreation, misinformation, misinterpretation, misrepresentation, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modulation, molestation, monopolization, motivation, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nondiscrimination, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, nucleation, obligation, observation, occupation, operation, optimization, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ostentation, ovation, overpopulation, overregulation, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pagination, palpitation, participation, pasteurization, penetration, perforation, permutation, perpetuation, personalization, perspiration, perturbation, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politicization, pollination, popularization, population, precipitation, predestination, premeditation, preoccupation, preparation, presentation, preservation, pressurization, privation, privatization, probation, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, profanation, proliferation, pronunciation, propagation, proration, prostration, protestation, punctuation, quotation, radiation, radicalization, rationalization, reaffirmation, realization, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, recitation, reclamation, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, recreation, recrimination, recuperation, redecoration, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinterpretation, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, remediation, remuneration, renationalization, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, representation, repudiation, reputation, reregulation, reservation, resignation, respiration, restoration, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanitation, saturation, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, segmentation, segregation, sensation, separation, sequestration, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, specialization, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subordination, subsidization, substantiation, suburbanization, summation, superstation, tabulation, taxation, temptation, termination, titillation, toleration, transformation, transillumination, translation, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, ventilation, vibration, victimization, violation, visitation, visualization, vulgarization, westernization. |
| 3 | -sh u n | faction, fashion, fiction, fission, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, accession, abduction, abolition, abortion, accretion, acquisition, action, addiction, addition, admission, admonition, adoption, advection, affection, affliction, aggression, alliteration, alternation, ambition, ammunition, antiabortion, anticorruption, apparition, apportion, apprehension, ascension, ashen, assertion, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, beautician, benediction, brutalization, caption, carburetion, caution, circulation, circumspection, clinician, coalition, coercion, cognition, collection, commission, commotion, compassion, competition, completion, complexion, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, conception, conceptualization, concession, concoction, concussion, condescension, condition, conduction, confection, confession, conjunction, connection, conniption, conscription, constitution, constriction, construction, consumption, contention, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, conviction, convolution, convulsion, correction, corruption, counterrevolution, crucifixion, cushion, deception, decimation, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, deduction, defection, definition, deletion, demolition, demotion, dentition, depiction, depletion, deposition, depression, dereliction, description, desertion, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, devolution, devotion, diction, dietitian, diffraction, digression, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, disconnection, discretion, discussion, disinfection, disposition, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissension, dissolution, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, dysfunction, edition, egyptian, ejection, election, electrician, electrocution, elocution, emission, emotion, emulsion, encryption, erection, erudition, eruption, eviction, evolution, exaction, exception, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exhibition, expansion, expedition, exposition, expression, expulsion, extension, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, flexion, formalization, fraction, freshen, friction, fruition, function, gentian, geriatrician, gumption, hessian, homogenization, hypertension, hypotension, ignition, impassion, imperfection, imposition, impression, inaction, inception, incineration, indiscretion, induction, infarction, infection, inflection, infliction, infraction, inhibition, injection, injunction, inquisition, inscription, insertion, inspection, institution, instruction, insurrection, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, interruption, intersection, introduction, introspection, intuition, invention, junction, jurisdiction, juxtaposition, lilliputian, liposuction, liquefaction, locomotion, logician, lotion, magician, malfunction, malnutrition, mansion, martian, mathematician, mention, midsection, misapprehension, misconception, misimpression, misperception, mission, mortician, motion, munition, musician, nonaggression, nonfiction, nonprescription, notion, nutrition, objection, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, ocean, omission, opposition, oppression, optician, option, overconsumption, overexpansion, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, oversimplification, partition, passion, patrician, pediatrician, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, permission, persecution, petition, physician, politician, pollution, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, preconception, precondition, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, preignition, premonition, prescription, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, procession, production, profession, progression, prohibition, projection, promotion, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, protection, ration, reaction, reassertion, reception, recession, recognition, recollection, recondition, reconstruction, redefinition, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reflection, regression, reimposition, reinspection, reintegration, reintroduction, reinvention, rejection, remission, rendition, repercussion, repetition, reposition, repossession, repression, reproduction, requisition, resolution, restitution, restriction, resumption, resurrection, retention, retraction, retransmission, retribution, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, sanction, satisfaction, secession, secretion, section, sedition, seduction, selection, session, solution, statistician, submission, subscription, subsection, substation, substitution, subtraction, succession, suction, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, tactician, technician, tension, theoretician, titian, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transgression, transition, transmission, tuition, venetian, volition, workstation. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-i-n-o-t-v" | |
-2 letters: action, atavic, atonic, cation, vacant. | |
-3 letters: actin, antic, avant, avian, avion, canto, coati, cotan, covin, octan, ontic, tonic, vatic, vinca. | |
-4 letters: acta, anoa, anta, anti, cain, cant, ciao, cion, coat, coin, coni, icon, into, iota, naoi, nota, nova, otic, taco, tain, vain, vina, vino, vita. | |
-5 letters: act, ain, ait, ana, ani, ant, ava, avo. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-i-n-o-t-v" | |
+1 letter: avocation, covariant, vacations. | |
+2 letters: activation, advocating, advocation, avocations, cavitation, evacuation, excavation, vacationed, vacationer, vaccinator, vocational. | |
+3 letters: activations, advocations, autoclaving, avocational, captivation, cavitations, clairvoyant, covariation, evacuations, excavations, vacationers, vacationing, vacationist, vaccination, vaccinators, vacillation, vacuolation, vaticinator. | |
+4 letters: avitaminotic, captivations, clairvoyants, coacervation, covariations, deactivation, divarication, excavational, inactivation, invocational, nonactivated, postvaccinal, reactivation, vacationists, vacationland, vaccinations, vacillations, vacuolations, vaticination, vaticinators, vocalization, vocationally. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Sounds 10. Quotations: Familiar 11. Quotations: Fiction 12. Quotations: Non-fiction | 13. Quotations: Spoken 14. Quotations: Speeches 15. Usage Frequency 16. Names: Company Usage | 17. Expressions 18. Expressions: Internet 19. Translations: Modern 20. Translations: Ancient | 21. Derivations 22. Rhymes 23. Anagrams 24. Bibliography |
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