occupation
pronunciation
How to pronounce occupation in British English:
UK [ˌɒkjuˈpeɪʃn]
How to pronounce occupation in American English:
US [ˌɑːkjuˈpeɪʃn]
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- Noun:
- the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
- the control of a country by military forces of a foreign power
- any activity that occupies a person's attention
- the act of occupying or taking possession of a building
- the period of time during which a place or position or nation is occupied
Word Origin
- occupation (n.)
- early 14c., "fact of holding or possessing;" mid-14c., "a being employed in something," also "a particular action," from Old French occupacion "pursuit, work, employment; occupancy, occupation" (12c.), from Latin occupationem (nominative occupatio) "a taking possession; business, employment," noun of action from past participle stem of occupare (see occupy). Meaning "employment, business in which one engages" is late 14c. That of "condition of being held and ruled by troops of another country" is from 1940.
Example
- 1. The first chinese occupation happened in guangzhou on february 19th .
- 2. Few knew each other by name or occupation .
- 3. Photography has always been a favorite occupation .
- 4. In exercises in 2009 the russians practised the invasion and occupation of the baltic states .
- 5. In this impotence lies the point of the palestinian occupation .