Occupation
[ɒkjʊ'peɪʃ(ə)n] or [,ɑkju'peʃən]
Definition
(noun.) the act of occupying or taking possession of a building; 'occupation of a building without a certificate of occupancy is illegal'.
(noun.) the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; 'he's not in my line of business'.
(noun.) any activity that occupies a person's attention; 'he missed the bell in his occupation with the computer game'.
(noun.) the control of a country by military forces of a foreign power.
(noun.) the period of time during which a place or position or nation is occupied; 'during the German occupation of Paris'.
Inputed by Betty--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act or process of occupying or taking possession; actual possession and control; the state of being occupied; a holding or keeping; tenure; use; as, the occupation of lands by a tenant.
(n.) That which occupies or engages the time and attention; the principal business of one's life; vocation; employment; calling; trade.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Possession, holding, tenure, use, occupancy.[2]. Employment, business, calling, vocation, AVOCATION, profession, pursuit, trade, craft, walk of life.
Typist: Pierce
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Employment, avocation, possession, usurpation, encroachment, tenure, calling,pursuit, trade, business, holding
ANT:Idleness, vacancy, leisure, abandonment, vacation, re_signation
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Examples
- The marriage was scarcely in accord with the old man's wishes, for the bandmaster's pockets were as light as his occupation. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Not but what myself and Micawber have our hands pretty full, in general, on account of Mr. Wickfield's being hardly fit for any occupation, sir. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- So I had plenty of occupation, which I was glad of; and as to Charley, she was absolutely not to be seen for needlework. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Cato and Varro, Virgil and Columella, Pliny and Palladius delighted to instruct the farmer and praise his occupation. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Othello with his occupation gone, she teased. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Gradually the Army of Occupation assembled at Corpus Christi. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- A rap at the door startled him in this occupation. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Has he not, I said, an occupation; and what profit would there be in his life if he were deprived of his occupation? Plato. The Republic.
- Its former pleasant air of occupation was gone, and the shutters were half closed. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The office was on the ground floor, and had been a restaurant previous to its occupation by the Western Union Telegraph Company. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It was this intensely interesting side of bee life that attracted the attention of a clergyman in failing health, forced to seek out-of-door occupation, in the early forties. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Talking scandal is a very harmless occupation, and, as the Rector seems interested, I think I will go and hear the latest story of Belgravia. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- But I was determined not to seem at a loss for occupation or amusement: I had brought my drawing materials with me, and they served me for both. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- A room not large enough to skate in; nor adapted to the easy pursuit of any other occupation. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Occupation is a concrete term for continuity. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The only course is to try by all means, direct and indirect, to moderate and vary his occupations. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The hardiness of their ordinary life prepares them for the fatigues of war, to some of which their necessary occupations bear a great analogy. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The young man was constantly employed out of doors, and the girl in various laborious occupations within. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Prying, and peeping, and listening are the natural occupations of people situated as we are. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Here we made laws for ourselves, dividing our day, and fixing distinct occupations for each hour. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- In pioneer times, for example, outside occupations gave a definite and valuable intellectual and moral training. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- To the one who is learning, it is fluid, partial, and connected through his personal occupations. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- To say that active occupations should be concerned primarily with wholes is another statement of the same principle. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- But they indicate the possibilities--greater to-day than ever before--of using active occupations as opportunities for scientific study. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- My occupations at this age were principally the mathematics, and most of the branches of study appertaining to that science. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- The Place of Active Occupations in Education. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- His daughter could not induce him to settle down to his customary occupations or amusements that night. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Dislike to employ scientific knowledge as it functions in men's occupations is itself a survival of an aristocratic culture. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- It requires that methods of instruction and administration be modified to allow and to secure direct and continuous occupations with things. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- These occupations brought her round to the December month, wherein her father walked among the terrors with a steady head. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
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