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The definition of vocational is something related to employment or work.

(adjective)

Skills needed to get a job are examples of vocational skills.
Classes tailored at teaching specific work-skills are examples of vocational classes.

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See vocational in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

of a vocation, trade, occupation, etc.
☆ designating or of education, training, a school, etc. intended to prepare one for an occupation, sometimes specif. in a trade

Related Forms:

vocationalism noun
vocationally adverb

See vocational in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Of or relating to a vocation or vocations: vocational counseling.
Relating to, providing, or undergoing training in a special skill to be pursued in a trade: vocational students learning to operate a lathe.

Related Forms:

vo·caˈtion·al·ly adverb

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