- an occupying or being occupied; specif., the seizure and control of a country or area by military forces
- that which chiefly engages one's time; (one's) trade, profession, or business
Origin of occupation
Old French from Classical Latin occupatio
This woman is a doctor by occupation.
- 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.
Occupation is your job or the way you spend your time or one country maintaining a military presence in another.
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occupation
noun
- a. An activity that serves as one's regular source of livelihood; a vocation.b. An activity engaged in especially as a means of passing time; an avocation.
- a. The act or process of holding or possessing a place.b. The state of being held or possessed.
- a. Invasion, conquest, and control of a nation or territory by foreign armed forces.b. The military government exercising control over an occupied nation or territory.
Origin of occupation
Middle English occupacioun from Old French occupacion from Latin occupātiō occupātiōn- from occupātus past participle of occupāre to occupy ; see occupy .THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural occupations)
Origin
From Middle English occupacioun, from Middle French occupation, from Latin occupatio.
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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.
- 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).
- Since the British occupation Valletta has been a naval and military station of the first importance.
- 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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