vocational

C2 Topic:Education & Learning

US /voʊˈkeɪʃənəl/ See IPA manual

adj Freq #35379

Meanings

1

adj
Relating to a job, or to the skills and training needed for a particular kind of work.

She decided to take a vocational course in nursing rather than go to university.
2

adj
Teaching practical job skills rather than general academic subjects.

The college offers vocational training in plumbing, carpentry, and electrical work.

Thesaurus

Word family

Derived forms nonvocationalprevocationalvocationalismvocationalistvocationally

Etymology

From vocation + -al.

Topics

Education & Learning Work & Careers Word Formation & Derivatives

# vocational

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** voʊˈkeɪʃənəl
**Frequency rank:** 35379

## Meanings
1. Relating to a job, or to the skills and training needed for a particular kind of work.
2. Teaching practical job skills rather than general academic subjects.

## Examples
- She decided to take a vocational course in nursing rather than go to university.
- The college offers vocational training in plumbing, carpentry, and electrical work.

## Derived Forms
- nonvocational
- prevocational
- vocationalism
- vocationalist
- vocationally

## Etymology
From vocation + -al.

## AI Etymology
Vocational is formed from vocation + -al. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern adjectival form is built from the named base and affix. Current senses include relating to a job, or to the skills and training needed for a particular kind of work and teaching practical job skills rather than general academic subjects. The wider family includes derived forms such as nonvocational, prevocational, vocationalism, vocationalist, and vocationally.

## Topics
- Education & Learning
- Work & Careers
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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