--- title: V — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics description: The 307 words of the English dictionary under V, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/V/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / V # V — The English dictionary The words of the English dictionary under V: 307 words, every meaning and example parsed by Mova; the ↗ after a sentence leads to the word's page, with every sentence's syntax tree and pragmatics. 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"[↗](va/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") Oui, ça va bien, merci!"[↗](va/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · (French) Il va à l'école — he goes to school.[↗](va/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The letter was sent to Arlington, VA.[↗](va/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · (USA) Grandpa gets help from the VA because he was a soldier.[↗](va/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · (French) "Va!" shouted the mother — "Go!"[↗](va/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The charger says 500 VA on the label.[↗](va/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **vacancy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A vacancy is a job that is free and waiting for someone to fill it.[↗](vacancy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A vacancy is also an empty room in a hotel.[↗](vacancy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Vacancy can mean emptiness or lack of thought (formal).[↗](vacancy/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There is a vacancy for a teacher at our school.[↗](vacancy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The hotel sign said «No vacancies».[↗](vacancy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad applied for a vacancy at the bank.[↗](vacancy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We found a vacancy at the campsite.[↗](vacancy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · There was a vacancy in his stare.[↗](vacancy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The club has two vacancies.[↗](vacancy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **vacant** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Vacant means empty, not being used or lived in: a vacant seat, a vacant house.[↗](vacant/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A vacant job is one that nobody is doing yet, so someone may be hired.[↗](vacant/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A vacant look or expression shows no thought or interest, as if the person is not paying attention.[↗](vacant/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Is this seat vacant?[↗](vacant/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The toilet sign says «vacant», so you can go in.[↗](vacant/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The old shop has been vacant for months.[↗](vacant/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The hotel had no vacancies.[↗](vacant/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · There is a vacant job at the library.[↗](vacant/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He gave me a vacant stare.[↗](vacant/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The cinema has 120 seats and 85 are taken, so 35 are vacant.[↗](vacant/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Old Iktomi led his young Iktomi brood to the place where he had left the turtle, but it was vacant.[↗](vacant/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Chaos .signified in the ancient cosmogonies the vacant, in- finite space out of which sprang all things that exist.[↗](vacant/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](vacant/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **vacate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) To vacate a place is to leave it so that it is empty for someone else.[↗](vacate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) To vacate a job or seat is to give it up.[↗](vacate/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Please vacate your seats when the bell rings.[↗](vacate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Guests must vacate their rooms by eleven o'clock.[↗](vacate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The family had to vacate the flat when the lease ended.[↗](vacate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Everyone vacated the building during the fire drill.[↗](vacate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The captain vacated his post to become coach.[↗](vacate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The hall must be vacated for cleaning.[↗](vacate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Such an idea, however, did not occur to him, for he could not conceive how any woman should fill the place his queen had vacated.[↗](vacate/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **vacation** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (US, Canada) A holiday: a time away from school or work, often travelling somewhere for fun.[↗](vacation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (US) The time when schools or universities are closed, like the summer vacation.[↗](vacation/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (UK, formal) The time when British universities and law courts are closed.[↗](vacation/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (verb, US) To spend a holiday somewhere: they vacation in Florida.[↗](vacation/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We went on vacation to the beach last summer.[↗](vacation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Summer vacation lasts about ten weeks in our town.[↗](vacation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad took a week's vacation from work.[↗](vacation/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · They vacation at the lake every year.[↗](vacation/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Our vacation cost 1,200 dollars for the hotel and 300 dollars for food.[↗](vacation/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In Britain my cousin calls it "the summer holidays".[↗](vacation/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · While the family was on vacation, a neighbour fed the cat.[↗](vacation/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Vacation begins on the first of January and ends on the last day of December.[↗](vacation/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **vaccinate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To give a person or animal a vaccine, usually by injection, so that their body learns to fight a disease before catching it.[↗](vaccinate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The nurse vaccinated the children against measles.[↗](vaccinate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our puppy was vaccinated at the vet.[↗](vaccinate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Have you been vaccinated against flu this year?[↗](vaccinate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Doctors vaccinate babies to protect them.[↗](vaccinate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Vaccinating many people stops a disease spreading.[↗](vaccinate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Farmers vaccinate their cows too.[↗](vaccinate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **vaccinated** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Given a vaccine, a medicine, usually by an injection, that teaches the body to fight a disease before you catch it.[↗](vaccinated/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I was vaccinated against measles when I was a baby.[↗](vaccinated/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our dog is vaccinated every year.[↗](vaccinated/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The nurse vaccinated the whole class.[↗](vaccinated/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Being vaccinated helps stop diseases from spreading.[↗](vaccinated/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Have you been vaccinated against flu?[↗](vaccinated/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Edward Jenner made the first vaccine to protect against smallpox.[↗](vaccinated/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **vaccinating** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Vaccinating means giving someone a vaccine, usually by an injection, to protect them from a disease.[↗](vaccinating/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* It is also used for animals: vets vaccinate dogs, cats and farm animals.[↗](vaccinating/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The nurse is vaccinating our class against flu today.[↗](vaccinating/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Vaccinating pets protects them from serious diseases.[↗](vaccinating/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Doctors are vaccinating babies at the clinic.[↗](vaccinating/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Vaccinating many people helps stop a disease from spreading.[↗](vaccinating/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The vet was vaccinating the puppy.[↗](vaccinating/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Vaccinating means the body learns to fight a germ.[↗](vaccinating/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **vaccination** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A vaccination is an injection or medicine that protects you from a disease by teaching your body to fight it.[↗](vaccination/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Vaccination is the act of giving these medicines to people or animals.[↗](vaccination/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I had my vaccination at the doctor's today.[↗](vaccination/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Vaccinations help stop diseases like measles.[↗](vaccination/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Our dog needs a rabies vaccination.[↗](vaccination/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The school nurse checked our vaccination records.[↗](vaccination/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My arm was a bit sore after the vaccination.[↗](vaccination/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Vaccination protects babies who are too young to be vaccinated.[↗](vaccination/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Travellers sometimes need vaccinations for other countries.[↗](vaccination/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **vaccine** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A vaccine is a medicine, usually given as an injection, that teaches your body to fight a particular disease, so you do not get very ill from it.[↗](vaccine/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I had a vaccine at the doctor's, and it only hurt for a second.[↗](vaccine/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The flu vaccine is given every year.[↗](vaccine/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A vaccine trains your body to fight a disease.[↗](vaccine/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Smallpox disappeared thanks to a vaccine.[↗](vaccine/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Edward Jenner made the first vaccine over two hundred years ago.[↗](vaccine/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists test vaccines carefully before people use them.[↗](vaccine/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Some vaccines are given as a nasal spray.[↗](vaccine/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Vaccines protect other people too, like babies who are too young to have them.[↗](vaccine/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **vacuum** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A vacuum cleaner: a machine that sucks up dust and dirt from floors and carpets.[↗](vacuum/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To clean with a vacuum cleaner.[↗](vacuum/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In science, a vacuum is a space with no air or anything else in it, like outer space.[↗](vacuum/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A gap left when something is missing: the vacuum left after a friend moves away.[↗](vacuum/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Please vacuum your bedroom on Saturday.[↗](vacuum/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The vacuum cleaner sucked up all the crumbs.[↗](vacuum/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Space is almost a vacuum, so there is no air to breathe.[↗](vacuum/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Sound cannot travel through a vacuum.[↗](vacuum/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Coffee in a vacuum flask stays hot for hours.[↗](vacuum/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The cheese is vacuum-packed so it stays fresh.[↗](vacuum/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · I'm vacuuming the stairs.[↗](vacuum/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep small toys off the floor before you vacuum.[↗](vacuum/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · From a Pythagorean point of view the fifth element "aether" like infinity is only another name for vacuum.[↗](vacuum/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") \* Therefore, aether also is logically identical with zero (Com. above p. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](vacuum/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **vagabond** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A vagabond is a person with no home or regular work who wanders from place to place; a tramp.[↗](vagabond/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal, in old tales) A vagabond is a rascal or a scamp, a term of scolding.[↗](vagabond/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* "That vagabond, bad luck to him--"[↗](vagabond/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · "Sit still, you vagabond," said Dudden.[↗](vagabond/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I have been nothing but a truant and a vagabond.[↗](vagabond/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Let his children be vagabonds, and beg; and let them seek their bread out of their desolate places.[↗](vagabond/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.109.10, JPS 1917)[↗](vagabond/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **vague** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Vague means not clear or exact: a vague answer, vague directions.[↗](vague/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A vague shape or memory is hard to see or remember clearly.[↗](vague/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A vague person is absent-minded and does not explain things clearly.[↗](vague/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Your answer is too vague: please give an example.[↗](vague/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I have a vague memory of the trip.[↗](vague/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He gave us vague directions, so we got lost.[↗](vague/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We saw a vague shape in the mist.[↗](vague/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I vaguely remember meeting her.[↗](vague/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandpa can be a bit vague in the mornings.[↗](vague/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Jurgen gave such a vague answer that it was not easy to make out what he meant--the old man brought Else to him, and she said:[↗](vague/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **vaguely** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Vaguely means in a way that is not clear or exact.[↗](vaguely/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Vaguely can mean slightly, a little.[↗](vaguely/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I vaguely remember being a baby.[↗](vaguely/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · His face looked vaguely familiar.[↗](vaguely/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She answered vaguely, so we were still confused.[↗](vaguely/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The cloud looked vaguely like a rabbit.[↗](vaguely/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't write vaguely; say exactly what happened.[↗](vaguely/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He was vaguely aware of someone calling him.[↗](vaguely/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **vagueness** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Vagueness is when something is not clear or exact, so you cannot tell the details.[↗](vagueness/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The map was so vague that we got lost.[↗](vagueness/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Her answer had too much vagueness to help us.[↗](vagueness/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The tale is full of vagueness about where the castle stands.[↗](vagueness/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **vain** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Too proud of your looks, cleverness or what you have.[↗](vain/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Useless; not succeeding: a vain attempt.[↗](vain/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «In vain» means without success.[↗](vain/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The vain crow dropped the cheese when the fox praised her singing.[↗](vain/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He is so vain he checks his hair in every window.[↗](vain/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · They searched in vain for the lost ring.[↗](vain/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · It was a vain attempt to catch the bus.[↗](vain/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't be vain about winning; be kind.[↗](vain/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She waited in vain for a reply.[↗](vain/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The goose hunted everywhere, but in vain.[↗](vain/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And your strength shall be spent in vain; for your land shall not yield her produce, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruit.[↗](vain/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.26.20, JPS 1917)[↗](vain/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh His name in vain.[↗](vain/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.20.7, JPS 1917)[↗](vain/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · For it is no vain thing for you; because it is your life, and through this thing ye shall prolong your days upon the land, whither ye go over the Jordan to possess it.'[↗](vain/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.32.47, JPS 1917)[↗](vain/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · How then comfort ye me in vain?[↗](vain/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.21.34, JPS 1917)[↗](vain/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And why do the peoples mutter in vain?[↗](vain/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.2.1, JPS 1917)[↗](vain/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · I shall be condemned; why then do I labour in vain?[↗](vain/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.9.29, JPS 1917)[↗](vain/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **vainly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Without success; in vain: he tried vainly to open the door.[↗](vainly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (less common) In a vain, proud way about your looks or abilities.[↗](vainly/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Alice tried vainly to reach the golden key.[↗](vainly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He searched vainly for his lost glove.[↗](vainly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Mole looked vainly for a way out of the wood.[↗](vainly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat jumped vainly at the bird.[↗](vainly/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · They waited vainly for the bus.[↗](vainly/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She vainly admired herself in every mirror.[↗](vainly/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Vainly they tried to imagine what death could be like.[↗](vainly/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **vale** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A vale is a valley, a low green piece of land between hills.[↗](vale/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") It is a poetic and old-fashioned word.[↗](vale/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Birds sang all morning in the vale.[↗](vale/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The village lay in a green vale.[↗](vale/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The shepherd led his sheep down into the vale.[↗](vale/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · All these came as allies unto the vale of Siddim — the same is the Salt Sea.[↗](vale/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.14.3, JPS 1917)[↗](vale/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Now the Amalekite and the Canaanite dwell in the Vale; tomorrow turn ye, and get you into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea.'[↗](vale/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.14.25, JPS 1917)[↗](vale/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Now the vale of Siddim was full of slime pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and they fell there, and they that remained fled to the mountain.[↗](vale/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.14.10, JPS 1917)[↗](vale/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, are in the vale of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.'[↗](vale/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.17.19, JPS 1917)[↗](vale/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched in the vale of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines.[↗](vale/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.17.2, JPS 1917)[↗](vale/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **valediction** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) A valediction is the act of saying goodbye, or the words you use to say goodbye.[↗](valediction/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) A valediction is a goodbye speech or poem, or the closing words of a letter, such as «Yours sincerely» or «Best wishes».[↗](valediction/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* «Yours sincerely» is a polite valediction.[↗](valediction/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · End your letter with a valediction and your name.[↗](valediction/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The headteacher gave a short valediction at the leaving party.[↗](valediction/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The poem is a valediction to a friend going away.[↗](valediction/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A text message rarely has a valediction.[↗](valediction/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The valedictorian gave a valediction at graduation.[↗](valediction/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **valentine** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A valentine is a card or small gift sent on Valentine's Day to show love or liking, often without signing your name.[↗](valentine/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Your valentine is the person you send it to or love.[↗](valentine/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Valentine is also a name, for example Saint Valentine, a Christian saint.[↗](valentine/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I made a valentine with red hearts and glitter.[↗](valentine/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Will you be my valentine?[↗](valentine/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Sam got a valentine but did not know who sent it.[↗](valentine/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class made valentines for the people in the care home.[↗](valentine/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum and Dad are each other's valentines.[↗](valentine/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Saint Valentine is remembered by many churches.[↗](valentine/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · So Valentine took the right, and Oliver went straight on, and poor Jack took the left.[↗](valentine/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **1** [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/V/page/2/) … [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/V/page/16/) - ← previous: [U](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/U/) - next →: [page 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/V/page/2/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)