occupation
Meaning of occupation
- a job or profession.
people in professional occupations
- the action, state, or period of occupying or being occupied by military force.
the Roman occupation of Britain
- the action of living in or using a building or other place.
a property suitable for occupation by older people
- for the sole use of the occupiers of the land concerned.
an occupation bridge
Middle English: via Old French from Latin occupatio(n- ), from the verb occupare (see occupy). occupation (sense 2 of the noun) dates from the mid 16th century.
Information about occupation
- The plural form of occupation is: occupations.
- Languages in which occupation is used:
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Hyphenation of occupation
oc-cu-pa-tion
- It consists of 4 syllables and 10 chars.
- occupation is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
occupation synonyms
Meaning business:
Meaning occupancy:
Meaning a paid occupation, especially one that involves prolonged training and a formal qualification:
Meaning mental or physical activity as a means of earning income; employment:
Meaning a job requiring manual skills and special training:
Meaning a person's trade or profession:
Meaning a job:
Meaning a long, sturdy piece of timber or metal set upright in the ground and used as a support or marker:
Meaning a set of circumstances in which one finds oneself; a state of affairs:
Meaning an occupation undertaken for a significant period of a person's life and with opportunities for progress:
Meaning a strong feeling of suitability for a particular career or occupation:
Meaning a profession or occupation:
Meaning an activity involving skill in making things by hand:
Meaning the ability to do something well; expertise:
Meaning an area of open land, especially one planted with crops or pasture, typically bounded by hedges or fences:
Meaning a principal administrative division of a country or empire:
Meaning a method, style, or manner of doing something; an optional or alternative form of action:
Meaning a bat with a round or oval frame strung with catgut, nylon, etc., used especially in tennis, badminton, and squash:
Meaning a type of activity or business regarded as a game:
Meaning a firm hold; a tight grasp:
Meaning the state of being employed for wages or a salary:
Meaning a person's home, especially a large and impressive one:
Meaning the fact of living in a place:
Meaning the fact of living in a particular place:
Meaning possession of land or property as a tenant:
Meaning the conditions under which land or buildings are held or occupied:
Meaning a contract by which one party conveys land, property, services, etc. to another for a specified time, usually in return for a periodic payment:
Meaning visible power or control over something, as distinct from lawful ownership; holding or occupancy as distinct from ownership:
Meaning the action of using something or the state of being used for a purpose:
Meaning the holding of an office or the period during which one is held:
Meaning an area of land held by lease:
Meaning a house, flat, or other place of residence:
Meaning the state of living in a particular place, especially during a specified period so as to acquire certain rights:
Meaning the state of living in a particular place at a particular time:
Meaning the state of living or being domiciled in a place:
Translation of occupation
- Spanish: empleo, trabajo, ocupación, profesión
- Italian: impiego, lavoro, mestiere, occupazione
- Portuguese: emprego, trabalho, ofício, ocupação
- German: Beruf, Beschäftigung, Arbeit, Anstellung, Stelle, Job, Okkupation, Besetzung
- French: emploi, travail, profession, métier, activité, occupation
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