occupation
nounEtymology
From Middle English occupacioun, borrowed from Middle French occupacion, occupation, from Latin occupātiō, occupātiōnis, from occupō (“occupy, seize”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“to seize, grab”). By surface analysis, occupy + -ation.
- derived from *kap-✻
- derived from occupātiō
- derived from occupacion
- inherited from occupacioun
Definitions
An activity or task with which one occupies oneself
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.
- With no particular appearance of regret Annesley Greatorex detached himself from the occupation of typing letters and came across to his employer's chair.
The act, process or state of possessing a place.
The control of a nation or region by a hostile military or paramilitary force.
- The early years of Norman occupation saw a frenzy of castle building.
The neighborhood
- synonyminterest
- synonymline of work
- synonymprofession
- synonymvocation
- synonymavocation
- synonymcalling
- synonymwork
- synonymjob
- synonymoccupation
- neighborcalling
- neighborcareer
- neighborcraft
- neighborprofession
- neighbortrade
- neighborwalk of life
- neighborvocation
Derived
antioccupation, deoccupation, disoccupation, inoccupation, Israeli Occupation Forces, Israel Occupation Forces, Jewish occupation government, misoccupation, nonoccupation, occupational, occupation bridge, occupationism, occupationless, occupation number, oldest occupation, overoccupation, reoccupation, reoccupational, ticket of occupation, underoccupation, unoccupation, Zionist occupation government
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at occupation. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at occupation. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at occupation
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA