vacated

From the verb vacate: (⇒ conjugate)

vacated is: ⓘ

v past

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

va•cate /ˈveɪkeɪt/   v. [~ + object] , -cat•ed, -cat•ing. 

1. to give up occupancy of:
   to vacate an apartment.
2. to give up or relinquish:
   to vacate a senate seat.

See -vac-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

va•cate  (vā′kāt or, esp. Brit., və kāt′, vā-), v., -cat•ed, -cat•ing. 
v.t. 

1. to give up possession or occupancy of:
   to vacate an apartment.
2. to give up or relinquish (an office, position, etc.):
   to vacate the presidency of a firm.
3. to render inoperative;
   deprive of validity;
   void;
   annul:
   to vacate a legal judgment.
4. to cause to be empty or unoccupied;
   make vacant:
   to vacate one's mind of worries.

v.i. 

5. to withdraw from occupancy;
   surrender possession:
   We will have to vacate when our lease expires.
6. to give up or leave a position, office, etc.
7. to leave;
   go away.

• Latin vacātus past participle of vacāre to be empty; see -ate¹
• 1635–45

va′cat•a•ble, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

vacate / vəˈkeɪt veɪˈkeɪt/ verb (mainly tr)

1. to cause (something) to be empty, esp by departing from or abandoning it: to vacate a room
2. (also intr) to give up the tenure, possession, or occupancy of (a place, post, etc); leave or quit
3. to cancel or rescind
4. to make void or of no effect; annul

vaˈcatable adjective