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UK
/ˌɒkjʊpˈeɪʃən/
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[ US /ˌɑkjəˈpeɪʃən/ ]
[ US /ˌɑkjəˈpeɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
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any activity that occupies a person's attention
he missed the bell in his occupation with the computer game -
the act of occupying or taking possession of a building
occupation of a building without a certificate of occupancy is illegal - the control of a country by military forces of a foreign power
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the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
he's not in my line of business -
the period of time during which a place or position or nation is occupied
during the German occupation of Paris
How To Use occupation In A Sentence
- It was a beautiful wooden skiff, with a little outboard motor, perfect for his part-time second occupation of working a few pots to catch crustacea to sell to local pubs and restaurants.
- Observing the affected knee may reveal dystrophic changes, alteration of skin color, calluses related to kneeling or occupational abuse of the knee, scars, scratches, or rashes.
- The effect would be a level of military involvement that would serve to collapse the distinction between inspection and invasion/occupation.
- Eating disorders, anorexia nervosa, and bulimia nervosa, are characterised by morbid preoccupation with weight and shape and manifest through distorted or chaotic eating behaviour.
- The preoccupation with the problem of evil, asserts Nietzsche, enervates the human spirit.
- A second preoccupation evident in these papers is responsibility, and what could roughly be described as the ethical dimension of conceptualisation.
- Their main preoccupation for the next few months will be acorns, their main winter food. Times, Sunday Times
- Hello there, can we please have your age, occupation, where you are from and where you are now?
- This pattern was repeated during WWII, during German occupation, and later by successive Communist regimes.
- We won't wear "bloomers," or make any attempt to imitate you in our dress, manners, or occupations; we will do nothing to offend the most fastidious, we will be women still. The Womans Advocate
