vacancy
[noun]
Synonyms: job, opening, opportunity, position, post, situation

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Antonyms: occupancy
Related Words: desertedness

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

va‧can‧cy /ˈveɪkənsi/ noun (plural vacancies)

1. [countable] a job that is available for someone to start doing:
There are still two vacancies on the school board.
vacancy for
We have no vacancies for photographers at the moment.
The council is making every effort to fill the vacancies.
information about job vacancies

2. [countable] a room in a hotel or building that is not being used and is available for someone to stay in:
Let me see if we have a vacancy for tonight.
‘No vacancies’, the sign read.

3. [uncountable] written lack of interest or thought:
His mouth fell open and the look of vacancy returned.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

vacancy
noun
ADJ. unfilled | suitable The agency will let you know if they have any suitable vacancies.
casual, temporary | job, presidential, senate, staff
VERB + VACANCY have | create, leave Her going on maternity leave will create a temporary vacancy.
fill
VACANCY + VERB arise, exist, occur A vacancy has arisen in our sales department.
PREP. ~ for a vacancy for head chef
~ in a vacancy in the catering department

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

vacancy

a job vacancy
He searched the newspapers regularly for job vacancies.
a suitable vacancy
We will keep your CV on file in case other suitable vacancies arise.
an unfilled vacancy (=a job for which no one has been hired)
The teaching unions estimate there are some 10,000 unfilled vacancies.
a staff vacancy
Other officers are working overtime because of staff vacancies.
have a vacancy
We have no vacancies for cleaners at present.
advertise a vacancy
Where did you see the vacancy advertised?
fill a vacancy (=find or be a new person for a job)
We are making every effort to fill the vacancies.
create/leave a vacancy
the vacancy which was created by White’s resignation
there is a vacancy
She asked if there were any vacancies for salespeople.
a vacancy comes up (also a vacancy arises/occurs formal) (=there is a vacancy)
A vacancy has arisen on the committee.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲