/ ˌɒkjuˈpeɪʃn; NAmE ˌɑːk-/ noun
1.
[ C ] a job or profession :
Please state your name, age and occupation below.
➡ note at work
2.
[ C ] the way in which you spend your time, especially when you are not working :
Her main occupation seems to be shopping.
3.
[ U ] the act of moving into a country, town, etc. and taking control of it using military force; the period of time during which a country, town, etc. is controlled in this way :
the Roman occupation of Britain
The areas under occupation contained major industrial areas.
occupation forces
4.
[ U ] ( formal ) the act of living in or using a building, room, piece of land, etc. :
The offices will be ready for occupation in June.
The following applies only to tenants in occupation after January 1 2003.
The level of owner occupation (= people owning their homes) has increased rapidly in the last 30 years.
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WORD ORIGIN
Middle English : via Old French from Latin occupatio(n-) , from the verb occupare seize. Sense 3 dates from the mid 16th cent.