(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
Your ~ is your job or profession.
I suppose I was looking for an ~ which was going to be an adventure...
Occupation: administrative assistant.
N-COUNT
2.
An ~ is something that you spend time doing, either for pleasure or because it needs to be done.
Parachuting is a dangerous ~.
N-COUNT
3.
The ~ of a country happens when it is entered and controlled by a foreign army.
...the deportation of Jews from Paris during the German ~.
N-UNCOUNT