occupation
/ɒkjʊˈpeɪʃən/US /ɑkjʊˈpeɪʃən/occupation
NOUNDefinition of occupation
An occupation is a job or a career.
Example: Nursing has been described as a skilled occupation rather than a profession.
An occupation is when a people, especially an army, take over and stay in a country, area, building, etc.
Example: Everything he owned was taken during the German occupation of Paris in 1940.
An occupation is a hobby or something else that you do to pass the time.
Example: Her favorite occupation is reading.
occupation
EXAMPLESExamples of occupation
Nursing has been described as a skilled occupation rather than a profession.
Example sentenceEverything he owned was taken during the German occupation of Paris in 1940.
Example sentenceThe areas under occupation contained rich farm lands as well as the industrialized sectors of Russian Poland.
Example sentenceHer favorite occupation is reading.
Example sentenceoccupation
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