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occupation

Academic Word List, sublist 4.

About 21.08 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun 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.
  2. noun The act, process or state of possessing a place.
  3. noun The control of a nation or region by a hostile military or paramilitary force.

Similar words

line of work vocation business occupancy line military control moving in occupational group occupying taking possession

Often followed by

of and in is was by for or to

Word family

occupancy occupant occupants occupational occupations occupied occupier occupiers occupies occupy

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