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English noun: occupation | |||
| 1. | occupation (act) the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money | ||
| Samples | He's not in my line of business. | ||
| Synonyms | business, job, line, line of work | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | activity | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | accountancy, accounting, appointment, berth, billet, biz, calling, career, catering, confectionery, craft, employment, farming, game, land, medium, metier, office, photography, place, position, post, profession, salt mine, situation, sport, spot, trade, treadmill, vocation, work | ||
| 2. | occupation (act) the control of a country by military forces of a foreign power | ||
| Synonyms | military control | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | social control | ||
| Domain category | armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | ||
| 3. | occupation (act) any activity that occupies a person's attention | ||
| Samples | He missed the bell in his occupation with the computer game. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | activity | ||
| 4. | occupation (act) the act of occupying or taking possession of a building | ||
| Samples | Occupation of a building without a certificate of occupancy is illegal. | ||
| Synonyms | moving in, occupancy | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | acquiring, getting | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | preoccupancy, preoccupation | ||
| 5. | occupation (time) the period of time during which a place or position or nation is occupied | ||
| Samples | During the German occupation of Paris. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | period, period of time, time period | ||
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