occupation

English Online Dictionary. What means occupation‎? What does occupation mean?

English

Etymology

From Middle English occupacioun, borrowed from Middle French occupacion, occupation, from Latin occupātiō, occupātiōnis, from occupō (“occupy, seize”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (“to seize, grab”). By surface analysis, occupy +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌɒkjʊˈpeɪʃən/, /ˌɒkjəˈpeɪʃən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌɑkjʊˈpeɪʃən/, /ˌɑkjəˈpeɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

occupation (countable and uncountable, plural occupations)

1. An activity or task with which one occupies oneself; usually specifically the productive activity, service, trade, or craft for which one is regularly paid; a job.
2. The act, process or state of possessing a place.
3. (geopolitics, military) The control of a nation or region by a hostile military or paramilitary force.

Synonyms

• (activity with which one occupies oneself) employment, interest, line of work, profession, vocation

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French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin occupātiō, occupātiōnem. By surface analysis, occuper +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.ky.pa.sjɔ̃/

Noun

occupation f (plural occupations)

1. occupation (act of occupying, of being an occupant)
2. occupation (the occupying of a territory)
3. occupation (something that one spends one's time on, such as a job or a hobby)

   Near-synonyms: activité, passe-temps

Further reading

• “occupation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.