American English pronunciation
How to pronounce occupations
IPA transcription: [,ɑkjə'peɪʃənz]
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Noun
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the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
“he's not in my line of business”
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the control of a country by military forces of a foreign power
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any activity that occupies a person's attention
“he missed the bell in his occupation with the computer game”
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the act of occupying or taking possession of a building
“occupation of a building without a certificate of occupancy is illegal”
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the period of time during which a place or position or nation is occupied
“during the German occupation of Paris”
Usage examples
- Some have also taken to other occupations such as dry cleaning, shop keeping, hosiery.
- Today, chief occupations are fishing and tourism.
- The two Russian occupations had been harsh and were not easily forgotten.
- These sorts of occupations had become very common at the time.
- Mixed-race children, whatever the occupations of their parents, have suffered social stigma.
- Past occupations include editor of "Astronomy" magazine and planetarium instructor.
- An inscription from this period also mentioned some occupations as "awayang" and "aringgit".
- The laws, however, did eliminate the economic monopoly they had over certain occupations.
- For centuries, the Iranun were involved in pirate-related occupations in the Malay world.
- They were engaged in occupations such as leather work, washing of clothes and fishing.