Occupation definition

ŏkyə-pāshən
occupations
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An occupying or being occupied; specif., the seizure and control of a country or area by military forces.
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That which chiefly engages one's time; (one's) trade, profession, or business.
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Occupation is your job or the way you spend your time or one country maintaining a military presence in another.

An example of occupation is when you are a doctor or a lawyer.

An example of occupation is when the United States maintains military troops in Iraq to keep control and order.

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The act or process of holding or possessing a place.
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An activity that serves as one's regular source of livelihood; a vocation.
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The state of being held or possessed.
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The control of a country or region by a hostile army.
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An activity engaged in especially as a means of passing time; an avocation.
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Invasion, conquest, and control of a nation or territory by foreign armed forces.
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The act, process or state of possessing a place.
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The military government exercising control over an occupied nation or territory.
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An activity or task with which one occupies oneself; usually specifically the productive activity, service, trade, or craft for which one is regularly paid; a job.
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Noun

Singular:
occupation
Plural:
occupations

Origin of occupation

  • Middle English occupacioun from Old French occupacion from Latin occupātiō occupātiōn- from occupātus past participle of occupāre to occupy occupy

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle English occupacioun, from Middle French occupation, from Latin occupatio.

    From Wiktionary

Occupation Sentence Examples

  • There's no doubt about her occupation now, is there?

  • The Pont des Trous over the Scheldt, with towers at each end, was built in 1290, and among many other interesting buildings there are some old houses still in occupation which date back to the 13th century.

  • Since the British occupation Valletta has been a naval and military station of the first importance.

  • His first known occupation was that of a glass-painter; in 1522 he painted windows for the church at Enkhuizen, North Holland (the birthplace of Paul Potter).

  • At the same time negotiations took place with Great Britain for an Italian occupation of Massawa, and Mancini, dreaming of a vast Anglo-Italian enterprise against the Mahdi, expatiated in.

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