occupation

[ ok-yuh-pey-shuhn ]

/ ˌɒk yəˈpeɪ ʃən /

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noun

a person's usual or principal work or business, especially as a means of earning a living; vocation: Her occupation was dentistry.

any activity in which a person is engaged.

possession, settlement, or use of land or property.

the act of occupying, possessing, or settling.

the state of being occupied, taken over, or settled.

the state of being busy: His constant occupation with his writing has cut severely into his social life.

the seizure and control of an area by military forces, especially foreign territory.

the term of control of a territory by foreign military forces: Danish resistance during the German occupation.

tenure or the holding of an office or official function: during his occupation of the vice presidency.

the act of going into and taking control of a public or private space, as a park or building, especially as an act of protest: The students' week-long occupation of the dean's office brought about a change in the university's curfew policy.

the state or condition of living or working in a given place: The landlord will not allow occupation of any of his apartments by families with children or pets.

Origin of occupation

1250–1300; Middle English occupacioun < Middle French occupation < Latin occupātiōn- (stem of occupātiō), equivalent to occupāt(us) (past participle of occupāre; see occupy) + -iōn- -ion

SYNONYMS FOR occupation

1 employment, pursuit, craft, métier.

3 occupancy.

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synonym study for occupation

1. Occupation, business, profession, trade refer to the activity to which one regularly devotes oneself, especially one's regular work, or means of getting a living. Occupation is the general word: a pleasant or congenial occupation. Business especially suggests a commercial or mercantile occupation: the printing business. Profession implies an occupation requiring special knowledge and training in some field of science or learning: the profession of teaching. Trade suggests an occupation involving manual training and skill: one of the building trades.

OTHER WORDS FROM occupation

oc·cu·pa·tion·less, adjective oc·cu·pa·tive, adjective non·oc·cu·pa·tion, noun re·oc·cu·pa·tion, noun

self-oc·cu·pa·tion, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for occupation

occupation

/ (ˌɒkjʊˈpeɪʃən) /

noun

a person's regular work or profession; job or principal activity

any activity on which time is spent by a person

the act of occupying or the state of being occupied

the control of a country by a foreign military power

the period of time that a nation, place, or position is occupied

(modifier) for the use of the occupier of a particular property occupation road; occupation bridge

BROWSE DICTIONARY

Learning

occupation

noun

Origin of occupation

SYNONYMS FOR occupation

synonym study for occupation

OTHER WORDS FROM occupation

Words nearby occupation

British Dictionary definitions for occupation

noun

BROWSE DICTIONARY

Learning

occupation

noun

Origin of occupation

SYNONYMS FOR occupation

synonym study for occupation

OTHER WORDS FROM occupation

Words nearby occupation

Words related to occupation

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British Dictionary definitions for occupation