occupation

A2 Topic:Work & Careers

US /ˌɑkjʊˈpeɪʃən/ UK /ˌɒkjʊˈpeɪʃən/ See IPA manual

Freq #6999

Meanings

1

noun
A person's job or regular paid work.

Please write your name and occupation on the form.
2

noun
The control of a country or region by a foreign military force.

The city suffered greatly during the years of enemy occupation.
3

noun
An activity that keeps someone busy or fills their time.

Reading has always been her favourite occupation on rainy days.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a person's job or regular... employment business jobline of work

2 noun · the control of a country or... military control

More avocation calling interest profession vocation work

Word family

Forms occupations

Derived forms antioccupationdeoccupationdisoccupationinoccupationmisoccupationnonoccupationoccupationaloccupationismoccupationlessoveroccupationreoccupationreoccupational

Related forms calling career craft profession trade

Etymology

From Middle English occupacioun, borrowed from Middle French occupacion, occupation, from Latin occupātiō, occupātiōnis, from occupō (“occupy, seize”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“to seize, grab”). By surface analysis, occupy + -ation.

*kap- Proto-Indo-European occupacioun Middle English occupacion Middle French occupātiō Latin

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Topics

Work & Careers

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# occupation

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˌɑkjʊˈpeɪʃən/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌɒkjʊˈpeɪʃən/
**Frequency rank:** 6999

## Meanings
1. A person's job or regular paid work.
2. The control of a country or region by a foreign military force.
3. An activity that keeps someone busy or fills their time.

## Examples
- Please write your name and occupation on the form.
- The city suffered greatly during the years of enemy occupation.
- Reading has always been her favourite occupation on rainy days.

## Synonyms
- avocation
- calling
- interest
- job
- profession
- vocation
- work

## Derived Forms
- antioccupation
- deoccupation
- disoccupation
- inoccupation
- misoccupation
- nonoccupation
- occupational
- occupationism
- occupationless
- overoccupation
- reoccupation
- reoccupational

## Related Forms
- calling
- career
- craft
- profession
- trade

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *kap-
- Root: occupacioun
- Root: occupacion
- Root: occupātiō

## Etymology
From Middle English occupacioun, borrowed from Middle French occupacion, occupation, from Latin occupātiō, occupātiōnis, from occupō (“occupy, seize”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“to seize, grab”). By surface analysis, occupy + -ation.

## AI Etymology
Occupation comes from Middle English occupacioun, borrowed from Middle French occupacion, occupation, from Latin occupātiō, occupātiōnis, from occupō (“occupy, seize”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“to seize, grab”). By surface analysis, occupy + -ation. Modern senses include a person's job or regular paid work and the control of a country or region by a foreign military force. The wider word family includes derivatives such as antioccupation, deoccupation, disoccupation, inoccupation, misoccupation, and nonoccupation and related forms such as calling, career, craft, and profession.

## Topics
- Work & Careers

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