Definition of Occupation

1. Noun. The principal activity in your life that you do to earn money. "He's not in my line of business"


2. Noun. The control of a country by military forces of a foreign power.
Exact synonyms: Military Control
Generic synonyms: Social Control
Category relationships: Armed Forces, Armed Services, Military, Military Machine, War Machine
Derivative terms: Occupy

3. Noun. Any activity that occupies a person's attention. "He missed the bell in his occupation with the computer game"
Generic synonyms: Activity
Derivative terms: Occupy, Occupy, Occupy

4. Noun. The act of occupying or taking possession of a building. "Occupation of a building without a certificate of occupancy is illegal"
Exact synonyms: Moving In, Occupancy
Generic synonyms: Acquiring, Getting
Specialized synonyms: Preoccupancy, Preoccupation
Derivative terms: Occupant, Occupy

5. Noun. The period of time during which a place or position or nation is occupied. "During the German occupation of Paris"
Generic synonyms: Period, Period Of Time, Time Period
Derivative terms: Occupy, Occupy

Definition of Occupation

1. n. The act or process of occupying or taking possession; actual possession and control; the state of being occupied; a holding or keeping; tenure; use; as, the occupation of lands by a tenant.

Definition of Occupation

1. Noun. 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. ¹

2. Noun. The act, process or state of possessing a place. ¹

3. Noun. The control of a country or region by a hostile army. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Occupation

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Occupation

occultist
occultists
occultly
occultness
occults
occultural
occupance
occupancies
occupancy
occupancy rate
occupant
occupants
occupate
occupated
occupates
occupation (current term)
occupation licence
occupation license
occupational
occupational deafness
occupational dentistry
occupational disease
occupational diseases
occupational exposure
occupational group
occupational groups
occupational hazard
occupational hazards
occupational health
occupational health nursing

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