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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"
Exact synonyms: Business, Job, Line, Line Of Work
Generic synonyms: Activity
Specialized synonyms: Confectionery, Sport, Farming, Land, Biz, Game, Calling, Career, Vocation, Employment, Work, Appointment, Berth, Billet, Office, Place, Position, Post, Situation, Spot, Salt Mine, Treadmill, Craft, Trade, Profession, Medium, Metier, Accountancy, Accounting, Photography, Catering
Derivative terms: Occupy
Generic synonyms: Activity
Specialized synonyms: Confectionery, Sport, Farming, Land, Biz, Game, Calling, Career, Vocation, Employment, Work, Appointment, Berth, Billet, Office, Place, Position, Post, Situation, Spot, Salt Mine, Treadmill, Craft, Trade, Profession, Medium, Metier, Accountancy, Accounting, Photography, Catering
Derivative terms: Occupy
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
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"
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
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"
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
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