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After college, rather than pursue real work, I joined a folk group and sang in coffee houses and nightclubs, an occupation that does little for the intellect and even less for the complexion.
Marshall Brickman

Meaning of "occupation" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF OCCUPATION

occupation  [ˌɒkjʊˈpeɪʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OCCUPATION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Occupation is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES OCCUPATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Occupation

Occupation may refer to: ▪ Job, a regular activity performed for payment, that occupies one's time ▪ Employment, a person under service of another by hire ▪ Career, a course through life ▪ Profession, a vocation founded upon specialized training ▪ Vocation, an occupation to which a person is specially drawn ▪ A category in the Standard Occupational Classification System ▪ Occupying a space, either through force, by fiat, or by agreement: ▪ Military occupation, the martial control of a territory ▪ Occupation, a political demonstration ▪ Occupancy, use of a building ▪ Television series that use this word in their titles: ▪ "Occupation", an episode of the science fiction television series ▪ Occupation, a drama about the Iraq War...

Definition of occupation in the English dictionary

The first definition of occupation in the dictionary is a person's regular work or profession; job or principal activity. Other definition of occupation is any activity on which time is spent by a person. Occupation is also the act of occupying or the state of being occupied.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OCCUPATION


anticipation
ænˌtɪsɪˈpeɪʃən
apocopation
əˌpɒkəˈpeɪʃən
constipation
ˌkɒnstɪˈpeɪʃən
dissipation
ˌdɪsɪˈpeɪʃən
emancipation
ɪˌmænsɪˈpeɪʃən
exculpation
ˌɛkskʒlˈpeɪʃən
extirpation
ˌekstəˈpeɪʃən
forcipation
ˌfɔːsɪˈpeɪʃən
inculpation
ˌɪnkʌlˈpeɪʃən
inoccupation
ɪnˌɒkjʊˈpeɪʃən
mancipation
ˌmænsɪˈpeɪʃən
obstipation
ˌɒbstɪˈpeɪʃən
owner-occupation
ˌəʊnəʳˌɒkjʊˈpeɪʃən
palpation
pælˈpeɪʃən
participation
pɑːˌtɪsɪˈpeɪʃən
preoccupation
priːˌɒkjʊˈpeɪʃən
pupation
pjuːˈpeɪʃən
reoccupation
ˌriːɒkjʊˈpeɪʃən
syncopation
ˌsɪŋkəˈpeɪʃən
usurpation
ˌjuːzɜːˈpeɪʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OCCUPATION

occupancies
occupancy
occupant
occupation franchise
occupation grouping
occupation groupings
occupational
occupational guidance
occupational hazard
occupational health
occupational medicine
occupational pension
occupational psychologist
occupational psychology
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
occupational therapist
occupational therapy
occupationally
occupative
occupied

WORDS THAT END LIKE OCCUPATION

accreditation
action
administration
animation
application
association
certification
citation
combination
communication
confirmation
conversation
corporation
creation
decoration
destination
documentation
duration
education
evaluation
excitation

Synonyms and antonyms of occupation in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «OCCUPATION»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «occupation» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of occupation

Translation of «occupation» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OCCUPATION

Find out the translation of occupation to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of occupation from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «occupation» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

职业
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ocupación
570 millions of speakers

English

occupation
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

व्यवसाय
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مِهْنَةٌ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

род занятий
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

profissão
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পেশা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

métier
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pekerjaan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Beruf
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

職業
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

직업
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pendhudhukan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nghề nghiệp
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஆக்கிரமிப்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

व्यवसाय
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Meslek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

lavoro
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zawód
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

професія
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ocupație
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ενασχόληση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Beroep
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

yrke
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

yrke
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of occupation

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OCCUPATION»

The term «occupation» is very widely used and occupies the 8.126 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OCCUPATION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «occupation» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «occupation» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about occupation

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10 QUOTES WITH «OCCUPATION»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word occupation.
1
Mahmoud Abbas
We expect President Bush to implement his own vision of a two-state solution, the birth of the Palestinian State and the ending of the occupation that started in 1967.
2
Mahmoud Abbas
Israel reoccupied the cities of the West Bank by a unilateral action, and reestablished the civil and military occupation by a unilateral action, and it is the one that determines whether or not a Palestinian citizen has the right to reside in any part of the Palestinian Territory.
3
Bashar al-Assad
The problem is not the occupation, but how people deal with it.
4
Ralph Allen
Without a good cultural policy, without adequate help, we will always have individualists, shooting stars who are rapidly forgotten or who stop painting for a more profitable occupation.
5
Jon Lee Anderson
The mercy caravans are through there the medicine refugees flowing out. It makes the United States look very bad here. And much more like an occupation force than it did before.
6
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
I, talking about my children, of course I wanted them to succeed in life, they have to choose whatever job or occupation that they want, I will not try to influence.
7
Robert Baden-Powell
If you make listening and observation your occupation you will gain much more than you can by talk.
8
Earl Blumenauer
We won the war, but we are losing the occupation and reconstruction of Iraq. It is past time for a new approach, one that relies on accountability, responsibility, and phasing down the scope of our military commitment.
9
Marshall Brickman
After college, rather than pursue real work, I joined a folk group and sang in coffee houses and nightclubs, an occupation that does little for the intellect and even less for the complexion.
10
Alan Brien
The majority of them give the impression of being men who have been drafted into the job during a period of martial law and are only waiting for the end of the emergency to get back to a really congenial occupation such as slum demolition or debt collecting.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OCCUPATION»

Discover the use of occupation in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to occupation and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Activity Analysis: Application to Occupation
To respond to the renewed focus by the occupational therapy profession upon occupation, the fifth edition of Activity Analysis and Application has been updated and renamed to reflect this latest emphasis.
Gayle Ilene Hersch, Nancy K. Lamport, Margaret S. Coffey, 2005
2
The Occupation of Justice: The Supreme Court of Israel and ...
1967, the Convention does not formally apply to their occupation. This point was made by Israel Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan in a speech before the 32nd session of the UN General Assembly in 1977,12 and guided the legal stand of Israel's ...
David Kretzmer, 2012
3
The Politics of Military Occupation
This book provides an account of military occupation as a form of government, an assessment of occupations over the last two centuries and an explanation of the difficulties encountered by occupiers.
Peter M. R. Stirk, 2009
4
The International Law of Occupation
Originally published: Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1993.
Eyal Benvenisti, 2012
5
Model of Human Occupation: Theory and Application
NEW TO THIS EDITION: Case Vignettes that illustrate key concepts that students need to know Case Studies that help students apply the model to practice Chapter on evidence based practice (ch. 25) Chapter on World Health Organization and ...
Gary Kielhofner, 2008
6
The Poetics of Military Occupation: Mzeina Allegories of ...
"Smadar Lavie, in creating this beautiful book, has accomplished something wonderful.
Smadar Lavie, 1990
7
Afghanistan: The First Five Years of Soviet Occupation
Dr. J. Bruce Amstutz, U.S. charge d'affaires in Kabul from 1977 to 1980, begins his treatment of the first five years of Soviet occupation with an historical overview of years of Russian meddling in Afghan affairs.
J. Bruce Amstutz, 1994
8
Taking Haiti: Military Occupation and the Culture of U.S. ...
Renda examines policy makers' writings; diaries, letters, and songs of U.S. marines; and plays, novels, travelogues, and radio shows, revealing the major impact these discourses had on both countries and their respective definitions of race ...
Mary A. Renda, 2001
9
Occupation: The Policies and Practices of Military Conquerors
In Occupation, Eric Carlton explores the methods employed by dominant powers to ensure their supremacy and considers the critical relationship between military authority and civilian population.
Eric Carlton, 2013
10
Istanbul Under Allied Occupation, 1918-1923
This book is a contribution to the theme of change and continuity from the Ottoman Empire to the Turkish Republic, as well as an analysis of means of resistance to foreign occupation.
N B Criss, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OCCUPATION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term occupation is used in the context of the following news items.
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'No Occupation!': French Lawmakers Confirm Crimean Residents …
During these two days, we have seen that there is no occupation, people are free. We have seen that it is a peaceful region, people live in ... «Sputnik International, Jul 15»
2
Combermere School ready for re-occupation
A TEAM FROM the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the United ... «Nation News, Jul 15»
3
UAE urges great powers to end Israeli occupation
NEW YORK: On behalf of the Arab Group to the UN, the UAE on Thursday urged the major international powers to respond to the Arab ... «Gulf Today, Jul 15»
4
Annexations Real and Imaginary
That declaration and that policy were a source of encouragement to the Baltic peoples throughout the Soviet occupation, and now, in the wake ... «UpNorth, Jul 15»
5
Police not an appealing occupation at present
SIR – I regularly walk from my home through the city centre to the supermarket, a distance of around two miles but rarely see a police officer on ... «Bradford Telegraph and Argus, Jul 15»
6
Whose occupation?
Let's start with the largest occupation, that of Russia's occupation of Siberia which has been going on since the end of the 16th century. «Jerusalem Post Israel News, Jul 15»
7
Kiev plans Soviet 'occupation of Ukraine' museum
The Ukrainian capital already has a tiny "Soviet occupation" museum that was opened in a two-room apartment by the Moscow-based ... «Yahoo News, Jul 15»
8
A West Bank village tells the occupation story
As western diplomats have learnt in the past decade, Susiya's plight embodies all the ills of the occupation. European Union representatives ... «The National, Jul 15»
9
Appeals court hears arguments in 11-year church occupation
The Massachusetts Appeals Court has heard arguments in a bid to evict parishioners from a shuttered church they've occupied in protest for ... «WHDH-TV, Jul 15»
10
President thanks US for non-recognition of Soviet occupation
The declaration stressed the occupation of Latvia as a matter worth international recognition; it was important, in the long-term, to support the ... «Public broadcasting of Latvia, Jul 15»

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