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occupation

 noun
     
oc‧cu‧pa‧tion S3 W3
1 [countable]BO a job or profession:
Please state your name, address and occupation.
professional and managerial occupations
manual occupations
 ➔ see usage note job
2 [uncountable]PM when a large group of people enter a place and take control of it, especially by military force
occupation of
the German occupation of France
under occupation
The area is under occupation (=controlled by a foreign army).
3 [countable] a way of spending your time [= pastime]:
One of my childhood occupations was collecting stamps.
4 [uncountable] when someone lives or stays in a building or place:
When the first scientists came to the region they found little evidence of human occupation.
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job, work, post, position, occupation, profession, careerYour job is the work that you do regularly in order to earn money, especially when you work for a company or public organization • My last job was with a computer firm. • He finally got a job in a supermarket.Work is used in a more general way to talk about activities that you do to earn money, either working for a company or for yourself • Will you go back to work when you've had the baby? • I started work when I was 18.!! Do not say 'what is your job?' or 'what is your work?'. Say what do you do? or what do you do for a living?Post and position are more formal words for a job in a company or organization. They are used especially in job advertisements and when you are talking about someone moving to a different job • This post would suit a recent graduate. • He left last summer for a teaching position in Singapore.Use occupation to talk about the kind of work that someone usually does, for example if they are a teacher, lawyer, driving instructor etc. Occupation is used mainly on official forms • State your name, age, and occupation in the box below.!! Do not use occupation to talk about your own job • I am an accountant. (NOT My occupation is an accountant).A profession is a kind of work for which you need special training and a good education, for example teaching, law, or medicine • the legal professionYour career is the type of work that you do or hope to do for most of your life • I'm interested in a career in television. • His career is more important to him than his family. ➔ See also job
  
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