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occupation
noun
1 occupation
The principal activity in your life that you do to earn money.
synonyms: business, job, line, line of work.
Roget 625:
business,
occupation,
employment;
pursuit
etc.
622;
what one is doing,
what one is about;
affair,
concern,
matter,
case.
matter in hand,
irons in the fire;
thing to do,
agendum,
task,
work,
job,
chore [U.S.],
errand,
commission,
mission,
charge,
care;
duty
etc.
926.
part,
role,
cue;
province,
function,
lookout,
department,
capacity,
sphere,
orb,
field,
line;
walk,
walk of life;
beat,
round,
routine;
race,
career.
office,
place,
post,
chargeship†,
incumbency,
living;
situation,
berth,
employ;
service
etc.
(servitude)
749;
engagement;
undertaking
etc.
676.
vocation,
calling,
profession,
cloth,
faculty;
industry,
art;
industrial arts;
craft,
mystery,
handicraft;
trade
etc.
(commerce)
794.
exercise;
work
etc.
(action)
680;
avocation;
press of business
etc.
(activity)
682.
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Dutch: baan, beroep, betrekking, dienstverband, functie, job, métier, positie, post, professie, stiel, vak, werk ... show more
Polish: zatrudnienie, praca, robota
2 occupation
The control of a country by military forces of a foreign power.
synonym: military control.
Dutch: bezetting
Polish: okupacja
3 occupation
Any activity that occupies a person's attention.
Dutch: occupatie, activiteit, bezigheid
4 occupation
5 occupation
The period of time during which a place or position or nation is occupied.
Dutch: bezigheid
Polish: okupacja
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