n. 25B6; noun
his father's occupation : JOB, profession, (line of) work, trade, employment, position, post, situation, business, career, métier, vocation, calling, craft; Austral. informal grip; archaic employ.
her leisure occupations : PASTIME, activity, hobby, pursuit, interest, entertainment, recreation, amusement, divertissement.
a property suitable for occupation by older people : RESIDENCE, residency, habitation, inhabitation, occupancy, tenancy, tenure, lease, living in; formal dwelling.
the Roman occupation of Britain : CONQUEST, capture, invasion, seizure, takeover, annexation, overrunning, subjugation, subjection, appropriation; colonization, rule, control, suzerainty.