{
    "term": "vacant",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "empty; not being used",
            "labels": "(especially North American English)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "There are very few vacant properties available in the area."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The seat next to him was vacant."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **vacant lot** *(= a piece of land in a city that is not being used)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There is a room vacant, as it happens."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A seat became vacant and he sat down in it."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "unoccupied",
            "topics": ["Buildings", "Houses and homes"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "become", "fall"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "if a job in a company is vacant, nobody is doing it and it is available for somebody to take",
            "labels": "(formal)(British English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "When the post finally fell *(= became)* vacant, they offered it to Fiona."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**Situations Vacant** (= a section in a newspaper or on a website where jobs are advertised)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The position left vacant in July has not yet been filled."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The job will be kept vacant for a few more weeks."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The office of president had been left vacant since her retirement."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "become", "fall"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "showing no sign that the person is thinking of anything",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a vacant look"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She had large vacant brown eyes."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈveɪkənt/",
                "audio": "va/vacant/vacant__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈveɪkənt/",
                "audio": "va/vacant/vacant__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin vacant- ‘remaining empty’, from the verb vacare."
}