
Word: Occupation
How to pronounce: ɒkjʊˈpeɪʃn
Noun
Definitions:
1. A job or profession.
Example sentences: "His prime occupation was as editor"
2. The action, state, or period of occupying or being occupied by military force.
Example sentences: "The Roman occupation of Britain"
3. The action or fact of living in or using a building or other place.
Example sentences: "A property suitable for occupation by older people"
Synonyms:
employment
profession
line of work
work
invasion
business
job
trade
possession
vocation
calling
Derivations:
occupier
occupancy
occupant
occupational
occupy
Occupation in Other Languages...
Spanish: Profesión
German: Besetzung
French: Occupation
Italian: Occupazione
Turkish: Işgal