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va·cant

(vā′kənt)
adj.
1.
a. Containing nothing; empty: vacant space.
b. Not occupied or put to use: a vacant row of seats.
c. Without an incumbent or occupant; unfilled: a vacant position.
d. Not filled with any activity: vacant hours. See Synonyms at empty.
2. Law Lacking an identified heir: a vacant estate.
3.
a. Lacking intelligence or knowledge: a vacant mind.
b. Lacking expression; blank: a vacant stare.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin vacāns, vacant-, present participle of vacāre, to be empty; see euə- in Indo-European roots.]

va′cant·ly adv.
va′cant·ness n.
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Adv. 1. [画像:vacantly - in a vacant manner]vacantly - in a vacant manner; "she was staring vacantly into the room"
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Translations
بِدون تَرْكيز
roztržitě
fraværende
kifejezéstelenül
tómlega, annars hugar
dalgın dalgınifadesizce

vacantly

[ˈveɪkəntlɪ] ADV
1. [look] → con gesto ausente, distraídamente
2. (= stupidly) → sin comprender, boquiabierto
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vacantly

[ˈveɪkəntli] adv [stare, look] → l'air absent
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

vacantly

adv (= stupidly)blöde ; (= dreamily)abwesend ; he gazed vacantly at meer sah mich mit leerem Blick an
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vacantly

[ˈveɪkntlɪ] advcon sguardo assente
to gaze vacantly into space → guardare nel vuoto
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

vacant

(ˈveikənt) adjective
1. empty or unoccupied. a vacant chair; Are there any rooms vacant in this hotel? leeg خالٍ، شاغِر، غَيْر مَسْكون свободен vago volný, prázdný frei ledig άδειος, κενός, ελεύθερος libre vaba خالی vapaa vacant פנוי खाली solobodan, upražnjen üres, szabad kosong auður, laus vuoto, libero 空いている 비어 있는 laisvas vakants; brīvs; neaizņemts kosong onbezet, vrij ledig, ubesatt wolny نا نيول شوي، تش، وزګار، چټي، پوڅ vago vacant, neocupat свободный voľný prost slobodan ledig ที่ยังไม่มีคนใช้; ที่ยังไม่ถูกครอบครอง boş 空的,未被佔用的 незайнятий, вільний خالي bỏ không, khuyết 空的
2. showing no thought, intelligence or interest. a vacant stare. wesenloos خالٍ من التَّعْبير празен vazio tupý leer tanketom απλανής, ανέκφραστος vacío mõttetühi گنگ؛ منگ poissaoleva vide ריק विचारशून्य prazan kifejezéstelen (tekintet) hampa tómlegur vuoto ぼんやりした (마음, 머리, 표정이) 텅 빈, 멍한, 공허한 tuščias tukšs; vienaldzīgs kosong afwezig tom, uttrykksløs bezmyślny پوڅ absent, neatent отсутствующий prázdny, tupý, ľahostajný odsoten prazan tom ปราศจากความคิด boş, anlamsız 空虛的,茫然的 байдужий, відсутній خالي الذہن trống rỗng 空虚的,木然的
ˈvacancyplural ˈvacancies noun
1. an unoccupied post. We have a vacancy for a typist. vakature وَظيفَه شاغِرَه свободно място vaga volné místo eine offene (unbesetzte Stelle ledig stilling κενή θέση vacante vakantne ametikoht جای خالی vakanssi poste vacant מִשרָה פְּנוּיָה खाली स्थान slobodno radno mjesto állás lowongan laus staða posto vacante 공석, 결원 laisva vieta vakance; brīva (darba) vieta kekosongan jawatan vacature ledig stilling wakat تش ځاى، خالى، ( چوكى يا بست استوګنځى، مقام ) تشتوالى،وزګارتيا، هغه وخت چې كوم ځاي، دفتر مقام وركې تش پاتي وى vaga post liber/vacant вакансия voľné miesto prosto službeno mesto otvoreno radno mesto ledig plats, vakans ตําแหน่งว่าง açık/boş kadro 職缺 вакансія; вільне місце اسامي chỗ khuyết 空职
2. the condition of being vacant; emptiness. The vacancy of his expression made me doubt if he was listening. leegheid فَراغ безучастност vazio duchaprázdnost die Leere fraværenhed κενότητα, απάθεια vacío tühjus حالت تهی بودن؛ خالی بودن ilmeettömyys vide ריקנות विचार शून्यता praznina üresség kehampaan tómleiki vuoto 빔, 빈 상태 tuðtumas tukšums; vienaldzība kekosongan afwezigheid, verstrooidheid tomhet bezmyślność چې كوم ځاي، دفتر مقام وركې تش پاتي وى vazio absenţă безучастность prázdnota, bezmyšlienkovitosť praznina praznina tomrum, tomhet การขาดความคิด boşluk 空洞 байдужість, неуважність خلو، خالي پن tình trạng lơ đãng 心不在焉,空虚
ˈvacantly adverb
absent-mindedly; without concentration. He stared vacantly out of the window. wesenloos بِدون تَرْكيز разсеяно vagamente roztržitě leer fraværende ανέκφραστα, αφηρημένα, με βλέμμα απλανές vagamente, distraídamente hajameelselt بطور گنگ و منگ poissaolevasti distraitement בְּרֵיקָנוּת बेकारी के साथ, विचार शुन्यता से, सुस्ती से prazno kifejezéstelenül dengan hampa tómlega, annars hugar (con aria assente) ぼんやりと 공허하게, 멍하게 išsiblaškius, bukai izklaidīgi; tukši; vienaldzīgi dgn pandangan kosong afwezig åndsfraværende, uttrykksløst w roztargnieniu په وزګار تيا vagamente distrat, absent безучастно; рассеянно roztržito odsotno odsutno tomt อย่างว่าง dalgın dalgın, ifadesizce 心不在焉地 неуважно, байдуже مغفلانہ طور پر lơ đễnh 心不在焉地
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References in classic literature ?
Ariel sat watching him with vacantly staring eyes and vacantly open mouth.
She vacantly hummed a fantastic tune as she poked at the wood embers on the hearth and munched a cracker.
Howard and the judge sprang to their feet with the opening sentence-- why, neither knew; then they stood gazing vacantly at each other.
While he was gone, I sat down on my usual stool and looked vacantly at my sister, feeling pretty sure that the man would not be there.
"Huh," he said vacantly. He stared at the youth for a moment.
The effect was to drive all he knew out of Philip's head, and he looked at the printed page vacantly. Mr.
And he opened his eyes again and stared vacantly into the darkness around him.
"Don't you remember the man who had some talk with you to-day?" She still stared at him vacantly: he tried again.
Leaning on the parapet of the balcony, Agnes looked vacantly into the black void beneath.
"Call me sister!" The child stared, vacantly. Sister meant nothing to her mind but an older girl who was strong enough to beat her.
As the Jew uttered these words, his bright dark eyes, which had been staring vacantly before him, fell on Oliver's face; the boy's eyes were fixed on his in mute curiousity; and although the recognition was only for an instant--for the briefest space of time that can possibly be conceived--it was enough to show the old man that he had been observed.
He looked at her in doubt and dread, vacantly repeating: 'Curse the hour?