occupation

Pronunciation: /ˌɑkjʊˈpeɪʃən/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
  2. noun the control of a country by military forces of a foreign power
  3. noun any activity that occupies a person's attention

Etymology

From Middle English occupacioun, borrowed from Middle French occupacion, occupation, from Latin occupātiō, occupātiōnis, from occupō (“occupy, seize”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“to seize, grab”). By surface analysis, occupy + -ation.

In classic literature

Synonyms

business, job, line of work, line

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
activity
Narrower (hyponyms)
game, farming, trade, career, catering, treadmill

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