OCCUPATION


Meaning of OCCUPATION in English

[oc.cu.pa.tion] n [ME occupacioun, fr. MF occupation, fr. L occupation-, occupatio, fr. occupare] (14c) 1 a: an activity in which one engages "in the first three grades learning to read is perhaps the major ~ of the pupil --J. B. Conant" b: the principal business of one's life: vocation

2. a: the possession, use, or settlement of land: occupancy b: the holding of an office or position 3 a: the act or process of taking possession of a place or area: seizure b: the holding and control of an area by a foreign military force c: the military force occupying a country or the policies carried out by it syn see work -- oc.cu.pa.tion.al adj -- oc.cu.pa.tion.al.ly adv

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