occupation

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A person's job or regular paid work.

   Please write your name and occupation on the form.

2. 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. 3
   noun

   An activity that keeps someone busy or fills their time.

   Reading has always been her favourite occupation on rainy days.

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.

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