# vacationing

Pronunciation: US say "vay-KAY-shuhn-ing" /veɪˈkeɪ.ʃən.ɪŋ/; UK say "vuh-KAY-shuhn-ing" /vəˈkeɪ.ʃ(ə)n.ɪŋ/

## Noun

1. The act of taking a vacation.
   - Simple: Time taken off from work or school to rest, travel, or have fun.
   - _Frequent vacationing left their savings account looking rather thin._
   - _For this family, vacationing meant long road trips and roadside motels._

## Verb

2. Present participle of vacation. — present participle and gerund of vacation
   - Simple: Present participle of vacation. Use this form for the action happening now or as an -ing noun.
   - _We are vacationing in Italy while the kids are out of school._
   - _Vacationing without checking work email took her a few days to manage._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/vacationing (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).