occupation

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) 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.
2. (countable, uncountable) The act, process or state of possessing a place.
3. (countable, uncountable) The control of a nation or region by a hostile military or paramilitary force.

Synonyms

profession

trade

job

business

work

vocation

employment

career

handicraft

occupancy

calling

📲

possession

activity

task

engagement

line

livelihood

line of work

tenure

professional

pastime

operation

pursuit

employ

military control

capture

manual work

use

stationing

act

study

position

avocation

function

commerce

occupying

metier

place

affair

moving in

procedure

seizure

errand

engage

care

assignment

effort

duty

matter

location

Translations

occupation

occupazione

Beruf

ocupación

ocupação

Beschäftigung

métier

profession

profesión

beroep

profissão

επάγγελμα

travail

professione

meslek

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌɒkjʊˈpeɪʃən/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: occupacioun

In summary

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.

Sentences

The principal occupation , however , was farming .

See Occupation of the Baltic states .

Though Ballia's core occupation is agriculture but there are some small industries are existing .