Found 3 items, similar to occupation.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: occupation
jabatan, kerja, pekerjaan, penduduk
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: occupation
occupation
n 1: the principal activity in your life that you do to earn
money;
“he's not in my line of business” [syn:
business,
job,
line of work,
line]
2: the control of a country by military forces of a foreign
power [syn:
military control]
3: any activity that occupies a person's attention;
“he missed
the bell in his occupation with the computer game”
4: the act of occupying or taking possession of a building;
“occupation of a building without a certificate of
occupancy is illegal” [syn:
occupancy,
taking possession
,
moving in]
5: the period of time during which a place or position or
nation is occupied;
“during the German occupation of
Paris”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Occupation
Occupation
\Oc`cu*pa"tion\, n. [L. occupatio: cf. F.
occupation.]
1. The act or process of occupying or taking possession;
actual possession and control; the state of being
occupied; a holding or keeping; tenure; use; as, the
occupation of lands by a tenant.
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2. That which occupies or engages the time and attention.
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3. Specfically: The principal business of one's life; the
principal work by which one earns one's livelihood;
vocation; employment; profession; calling; trade;
avocation; as, these days many people continue to practice
their occupation well into their seventies.
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Absence of occupation is not rest. --Cowper.
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Occupation bridge (Engin.), a bridge connecting the parts
of an estate separated by a railroad, a canal, or an
ordinary road.
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Syn: Occupancy; possession; tenure; use; employment;
avocation; engagement; vocation; calling; office; trade;
profession.
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