OCCUPATION

OC ·CU ·PA ·TION 4 syllables

B1 · Intermediate 📏 10 letters 🎲 Scrabble 16 ✅ valid word

Useful in everyday and work contexts.

noun
  1. the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
  2. the control of a country by military forces of a foreign power
  3. any activity that occupies a person's attention
  4. the act of occupying or taking possession of a building

💬 Examples

  • "he's not in my line of business"
  • "he missed the bell in his occupation with the computer game"
  • "occupation of a building without a certificate of occupancy is illegal"
  • "during the German occupation of Paris"
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