occupation
Plural: occupations
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
- "he missed the bell in his occupation with the computer game"
- the act of occupying or taking possession of a building
- "occupation of a building without a certificate of occupancy is illegal"
- the period of time during which a place or position or nation is occupied
- "during the German occupation of Paris"
- An activity or task with which one occupies oneself; usually specifically the productive activity, service, trade, or craft for which one is regularly paid; a job.
- The act, process or state of possessing a place.
- The control of a nation or region by a hostile military or paramilitary force.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English occupacioun, borrowed from Middle French occupacion, occupation, from Latin occupātiō, occupātiōnis, from occupō (“occupy, seize”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (“to seize, grab”). By surface analysis, occupy + -ation.
Synonyms
business, job, line, line of work, military control, moving in, occupancy, avocation, calling, employment, interest, occupation, profession, vocation, work
Scrabble Score: 16
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