vocation
pronunciation
How to pronounce vocation in British English:
UK [vəʊˈkeɪʃn]
How to pronounce vocation in American English:
US [voʊˈkeɪʃn]
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- Noun:
- the particular occupation for which you are trained
- a body of people doing the same kind of work
Word Origin
- vocation
- vocation: [15] A vocation is etymologically a ‘calling’. The word comes via Old French vocation from Latin vocātiō. This was derived from the verb vocāre ‘call’, which came from the same base as vōx ‘voice’ (source of English vocal, voice, etc). Also from vocāre come convoke [16], evoke [17], invoke [15], provoke [15], revoke [16], vocabulary [16], vocative [15], and vouch.=> convoke, evoke, invoke, provoke, revoke, vocabulary, voice, vouch
- vocation (n.)
- early 15c., "spiritual calling," from Old French vocacion "call, consecration; calling, profession" (13c.) or directly from Latin vocationem (nominative vocatio), literally "a calling, a being called" from vocatus "called," past participle of vocare "to call" (see voice (n.)). Sense of "one's occupation or profession" is first attested 1550s.
Example
- 1. Mr chandler could easily have missed his vocation .
- 2. This was a blow , as I had thought I 'd found my vocation .
- 3. I believe that fulfilling work is more than that - it 's a vocation .
- 4. " Today I feel that my real vocation is painting , " she said in her charming accented english .
- 5. Taleb advocates bimodal strategies in working life : to have one very stable gig and one volatile vocation by moonlight .