vacuum
[noun]
Synonyms: emptiness, gap, nothingness, space, vacuity, void

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I. vac‧u‧um¹ /ˈvækjuəm, -kjʊm/ noun
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin; Origin: vacuus; ⇒ vacuous]

1. [countable] a space that is completely empty of all gas, especially one from which all the air has been taken away

2. [countable] a vacuum cleaner

3. [singular] a situation in which someone or something is missing or lacking
create/leave a vacuum (in something)
Her husband’s death left a vacuum in her life.
power/political/moral etc vacuum
the political vacuum caused by the ban on Communist Party activity

4. in a vacuum existing completely separately from other people or things and having no connection with them:
The process of learning a language does not take place in a vacuum.

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II. vacuum² verb [intransitive and transitive]
to clean using a vacuum cleaner

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vacuum
noun
ADJ. perfect | moral, political, spiritual The writer criticized the moral vacuum in society.
power Her resignation left a power vacuum in the government.
VERB + VACUUM create, leave, produce The machine then creates a vacuum.
fill Other gases rush in to fill the vacuum.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

vacuum

create a vacuum
His sudden departure created a vacuum at the head of the company.
leave a vacuum
The disappearance of religious beliefs has left a vacuum in many people's lives.
fill a vacuum
What political ideas have filled the vacuum left by the fall of communism?
a power vacuum
The leader's sudden death created a power vacuum.
a political vacuum
Military leaders stepped in to fill the political vacuum.
a moral vacuum (=a lack of moral standards)
Many children are growing up in a moral vacuum.
a policy vacuum
There is a policy vacuum on climate change.

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