Occupation meaning

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