vacate

libérer, quitter

Quitter un logement, une pièce ou un autre bien pour permettre à quelqu'un d'autre de l'occuper.

En anglais simple : To leave a home, room, or other property so it is available for someone else.

• Please vacate your room by noon.
• The tenants vacated the apartment last week.
• When must we vacate the building?

Synonymes : leave, move out of

Contraires : occupy

Expressions courantes : vacate a room, vacate the premises, vacate a house

annuler

Pour un tribunal, annuler officiellement une décision ou une ordonnance.

En anglais simple : If a court does this to a decision or order, it officially cancels it.

• The court may vacate the order.
• The judge vacated the earlier judgment.
• Her lawyer asked the court to vacate the conviction.

Synonymes : set aside, annul, overturn

Contraires : uphold

Expressions courantes : vacate a judgment, vacate an order, vacate a conviction

quitter

Cesser d'occuper un emploi ou une fonction officielle, qui devient ainsi disponible pour une autre personne.

En anglais simple : To stop holding a job or official position, leaving it available for someone else.

• She will vacate her position next month.
• He vacated his seat on the council.
• The director agreed to vacate office after the election.

Synonymes : leave, resign from, step down from

Expressions courantes : vacate a position, vacate office, vacate a seat

évacuer, quitter

Quitter une zone, généralement sur ordre des autorités pour des raisons de sécurité.

En anglais simple : To leave an area, usually because officials order you to do so for safety.

• Please vacate the area immediately.
• Police ordered the crowd to vacate the street.
• Residents vacated the danger zone before the flood arrived.

Synonymes : leave, evacuate

Expressions courantes : vacate the area, vacate the street, vacate the zone