occupation

oc-cu-pa-tion · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    A job or profession.

  2. 2.

    A way of spending time; an activity.

  3. 3.

    The action, state, or period of occupying a place.

  4. 4.

    The military control of a country or area by foreign forces.

Forms

plural: occupations

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    by occupation — referring to someone's profession
  • •
    military occupation — control by armed forces

Related words

Antonyms: liberation, unemployment
See also: job, occupy, profession
Synonyms: career, employment, job, profession

Etymology

From Old French occupacion, from Latin occupatio ("a seizing, taking possession"), from occupare ("to seize, take possession of").