Related Searches
on Ask.com
Synonyms
Occupation - 4 dictionary results
oc⋅cu⋅pa⋅tion
[ok-yuh-pey-shuh
n] 
–noun
| 1. | a person's usual or principal work or business, esp. as a means of earning a living; vocation: Her occupation was dentistry. |
| 2. | any activity in which a person is engaged. |
| 3. | possession, settlement, or use of land or property. |
| 4. | the act of occupying. |
| 5. | the state of being occupied. |
| 6. | the seizure and control of an area by military forces, esp. foreign territory. |
| 7. | the term of control of a territory by foreign military forces: Danish resistance during the German occupation. |
| 8. | tenure or the holding of an office or official function: during his occupation of the vice presidency. |
Origin:
1250–1300; ME occupacioun < MF occupation < L occupātiōn- (s. of occupātiō), equiv. to occupāt(us) (ptp. of occupāre; see occupy ) + -iōn- -ion
1250–1300; ME occupacioun < MF occupation < L occupātiōn- (s. of occupātiō), equiv. to occupāt(us) (ptp. of occupāre; see occupy ) + -iōn- -ion
Related forms:
oc⋅cu⋅pa⋅tion⋅less, adjective
oc⋅cu⋅pa⋅tive, adjective
Synonyms:
1. employment, pursuit, craft, métier. Occupation, business, profession, trade refer to the activity to which one regularly devotes oneself, esp. one's regular work, or means of getting a living. Occupation is the general word: a pleasant or congenial occupation. Business esp. suggests a commercial or mercantile occupation: the printing business. Profession implies an occupation requiring special knowledge and training in some field of science or learning: the profession of teaching. Trade suggests an occupation involving manual training and skill: one of the building trades. 3. occupancy.
1. employment, pursuit, craft, métier. Occupation, business, profession, trade refer to the activity to which one regularly devotes oneself, esp. one's regular work, or means of getting a living. Occupation is the general word: a pleasant or congenial occupation. Business esp. suggests a commercial or mercantile occupation: the printing business. Profession implies an occupation requiring special knowledge and training in some field of science or learning: the profession of teaching. Trade suggests an occupation involving manual training and skill: one of the building trades. 3. occupancy.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
Cite This Source
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
Cite This Source
|
Link To Occupation
| oc·cu·pa·tion (ŏk'yə-pā'shən) n.
[Middle English occupacioun, from Old French occupacion, from Latin occupātiō, occupātiōn-, from occupātus, past participle of occupāre, to occupy; see occupy.] |
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source
Occupation
Oc`cu*pa"tion\, n. [L. occupatio: cf.F. occupation.]1. 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. 2. That which occupies or engages the time and attention; the principal business of one's life; vocation; employment; calling; trade. Absence of occupation is not rest. --Cowper. Occupation bridge (Engin.), a bridge connecting the parts of an estate separated by a railroad, a canal, or an ordinary road. Syn: Occupancy; possession; tenure; use; employment; avocation; engagement; vocation; calling; office; trade; profession.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
Cite This Source
Cite This Source
Language Translation for : Occupation
Spanish:
ocupación, profesión,
German:
die Beschäftigung,
Japanese:
職業
occupation
c.1340, "a being employed in something," also "a particular action," from O.Fr. occupacion (12c.), from L. occupationem (nom. occupatio) "a taking possession, business, employment," from occupatus, pp. of from occupare (see occupy). Meaning "trade" is from 1530.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2009, Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
