occupationoc‧cu‧pa‧tion /ˌɒkjəˈpeɪʃən $ ˌɑːk-/ ●●● S3 W3 AWL noun 
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Please state your name, address and occupation. professional and managerial occupations manual occupations► see thesaurus at job2[uncountable] when a large group of people enter a place and take control of it, especially by military forceoccupation of the German occupation of Franceunder occupation The area is under occupation (=controlled by a foreign army).3[countable] a way of spending your time SYN pastime: One of my childhood occupations was collecting stamps.4[uncountable] when someone lives or stays in a building or place: When the first scientists came to the region they found little evidence of human occupation.COLLOCATIONSadjectivesADJECTIVES/NOUN + occupationmanual occupations/blue-collar occupations (=jobs in which you work using your hands)· People from manual occupations are most at risk of experiencing poverty.professional occupations/white-collar occupations (=jobs that usually involve a lot of education)· professional occupations such as medicine or the law· Teachers’ pay compares poorly with that of other white-collar occupations.skilled/unskilled occupations (=needing training and experience/not needing training and experience)· Plumbing and carpentry are highly skilled occupations.· Workers in unskilled occupations are finding fewer job opportunities.a working-class/middle-class occupation· Teaching is regarded as a middle-class occupation.· Working-class occupations may be divided into skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled.a male/female occupation (=a job that traditionally is done by men or women)· traditional female occupations such as nursingmanagerial occupations (=a job that involves being a manager)· Women in managerial occupations tend to have children later.service occupations (=a job in which you provide a service rather than producing goods)· Around two thirds of the labour force is employed in service occupations.verbshave an occupation· The people in the region have a variety of occupations.choose an occupation· Young people need help with choosing a suitable occupation.take up an occupation (also enter an occupation formal) (=start doing one)· Many of his colleagues have taken up another occupation.· Our recent graduates have entered a wide range of occupations.follow an occupation formal (=do one)· The third son followed his father’s occupation.
ExamplesEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- One of my childhood occupations was collecting baseball cards.
- Part-time workers often work in low-paid occupations.
- Please write your name, address, and occupation in the spaces below.
- The occupation of the third suspect is not known.
- Life consisted mostly of enjoying the gaiety of a people being liberated after five years of occupation.
- New Delhi need do no more than keep Kashmir under military occupation and keep the lid on guerrilla warfare.
- Others lose their bids for reelection or voluntarily leave the occupation.
- The occupations divided and specialized, replacing self-sufficient ways of life.
- The fourth day and the evening following he felt well and was able to pass his time in his usual occupations.
- The main occupation of the people of Kidderminster in those days was weaving, so there were few rich people amongst them.
- This intimidation of voters began with attacks and occupations of white-owned farms earlier this year.
THESAURUS► job
Collocations noun [countable] the regular paid work that you do for an employer: · a full-time job· John got a job in a car factory.
► work noun [uncountable] activities that you are paid for doing – used either when you work for an employer or when you work in your own business: · I started work when I was 18.· He graduated from college last year and is still looking for work.
► profession noun [countable] a job for which you need special education and training: · There are now a lot more women in the legal profession.· Many teachers are leaving the profession.
► occupation noun [countable] formal a job, or a type of job – often used on official documents: · Please give your name, age, and occupation.· a traditionally male occupation
► career noun [countable] the work you do or plan to do for most of your life: · I’m interested in a career in journalism.
► position noun [countable] formal a particular job within an organization: · I am writing to apply for the position of technical assistant.· We regret that the position has already been filled.· Please state the position which you are applying for.
► post noun [countable] formal a job, especially an important one in a large organization: · She has held the post of managing director for two years.· He applied for the post of Senior Manager.
► vacancy/opening noun [countable] a job that is available for someone to do: · The hospital has been unable to fill the vacancy.· There are very few openings in scientific research.
► appointment noun [countable] an important job which someone is asked to do: · He took an appointment as US trade ambassador in Geneva.
► posting noun [countable] a situation in which someone is sent somewhere to do a job for a period of time by the organization they work for: · This was his first posting outside the UK.· an overseas posting· His next posting took him to the Ministry of Defence.
► trade noun [countable] a job that involves using your hands, and for which you need special training: · Most of the men had worked in skilled trades such as carpentry and printing.
► employment noun [uncountable] the fact of having a job: · The factory will provide employment for local people.· She was offered employment in the sales office.
Longman Language Activatora job► job the work that you do regularly in order to earn money, especially when you work for an employer: · My first job was in a record store.· Daniel starts his new job on Monday.· She has a well-paid job in the tax department.get a job: · Ted got a job as a bartender.find a job (=get a job after trying to get a lot of different jobs): · Her son still hasn't been able to find a job.look for a job (=try to get one): · She's looking for a job in the music business.hold a job (=have a job): · If a woman is qualified, she should hold any job in government she wants.part-time job (=when you work less than the usual number of hours each week): · I had a part-time job while I was in college.job losses/job cuts (=when a lot of people lose their jobs): · The company announced 74,000 job cuts and 21 factory closures.
► work work that someone does regularly to earn money, either by working for an employer or working for themselves: · My father started work when he was 14.· Most people stop work when they are 65.· I usually start work each day around 9 am and finish about 6 pm.· The work's really interesting but the pay's lousy.look for work (=to try to get work): · Lena graduated from college six months ago and she's still looking for work.find work (=to get work): · He eventually found work as a labourer on a construction site.return to work/go back to work (=to start work again after several weeks, months, or years): · Women often return to work after they have had children.· His injuries have made it impossible for him to go back to work.at work (=at the place where you work): · Her mother tried to call her at home and then at work.to work (=to the place where you work): · Alexander commutes 30 miles to work each day.after/before work (=before you start or after you finish your work each day): · They sometimes play tennis after work.
► profession work such as law, medicine, or teaching, for which you need special training and education: · Many teachers are thinking about leaving the profession for more highly paid careers.the teaching/medical/legal etc profession: · There are now a lot more women in the legal profession.go into/enter a profession: · There was a big demand for accountants in the 1980s, and many graduates entered the profession at this time.
► occupation the type of work that someone usually does - used especially on official forms: · Please write your name, address, and occupation in the spaces below.· Part-time workers often work in low-paid occupations.
► business the general type of work that you do, such as buying and selling a particular type of thing: · In our business the first rule is that the customer is always right.· "What type of business are you in?'' "I run a catering company.''the newspaper/used-car/movie etc business: · The used-car business has a pretty bad reputation.
► what somebody does spoken use this to ask what someone's job is: · What does your husband do?· She used to work for an accounting firm, but I'm not sure what she does now.
► trade a skilled job in which you use your hands to do things, such as building houses, making furniture, or repairing cars: · Most of the men had worked in skilled trades such as carpentry or printing.· Young men and women can learn a trade in the military.be a bricklayer/carpenter etc by trade: · His father had been a bricklayer by trade.
► career the type of work that you do for most of your working life, which involves several similar jobs over a long period of time: · Like his father, Tommy chose a career in the Army.· Later on in his career he became first secretary at the British Embassy in Washington.· The scandal destroyed his career as a politician.career in: · I wanted to find out more about careers in publishing.
► vocation a job such as being a nurse, priest, or teacher that you do because you have a strong feeling that you want to do it, especially because you want to help people: · Nursing is hard work and often low paid, but for many people it is a vocation.· He was quite young when he decided he had a religious vocation.
► livelihood the work that you do in order to earn enough money to live on or the thing that provides the work for you to do: · Most of the people here depend on tourism for their livelihood.· Fishermen are angry about the new EC fishing regulations because they feel that their livelihood is being threatened.
► line of work/business the type of work or job that you do: · I meet some interesting people in my line of work.· Henson had to leave real-estate, which had been his line of business since 1969.
► employment when people work or have jobs - used especially in official documents, news reports etc: · I have not yet signed a contract of employment.· A Japanese company plans to set up a factory in the area, so this should provide some employment for local people.be in employment (=have a job): · Are you in full-time employment, Mr Edwards?
WORD SETS► Militaryaction stations, nounaide-de-camp, nounairborne, adjectiveaircraft carrier, nounairlift, nounallied, adjectivearmour, nounarms control, nounarms race, nounarray, verbassault course, nounAWOL, adjectivebalance of power, nounbandmaster, nounbandsman, nounbase, nounbattle, nounbattle, verbbattle cry, nounbattlefield, nounbattlements, nounbeachhead, nounbivouac, nounblackout, nounblast, verbblitz, nounblockade, nounblockade, verbblockhouse, nounbloodshed, nounbody bag, nounbody count, nounbomb, verbbombard, verbbombardment, nounbomb disposal, nounboot camp, nounbowman, nounbreastplate, nounbridgehead, nounbunker, nouncall-up, nouncannonade, nouncapability, nouncaptain, nouncapture, nouncarrier, nouncashier, verbcenotaph, nounchief of staff, nouncitation, nouncivil defence, nounC.O., nouncommand, nouncommand, verbcommandant, nouncommander, nouncommander in chief, nouncommand post, nouncommissariat, nouncommissary, nouncommission, nouncommissioned officer, nounconquer, verbconquest, nounconscientious objector, nounconscript, verbconscript, nounconscription, nounconvoy, verbcookhouse, nounCorp., corporal, nouncorps, nouncounterinsurgency, nouncounterintelligence, nouncountermand, verbcounter-revolution, nouncourt-martial, nouncourt-martial, verbcross, noundawn raid, noundeath camp, noundemilitarize, verbdemobilize, verbdeploy, verbdetonate, verbdisarm, verbdisarmament, noundispatch, noundraft board, noundraft card, noundraft dodger, noundraftee, noundress uniform, noundrum major, noundump, nounechelon, nounencamp, verbenemy, nounengage, verbengagement, nounenlist, verbenlisted, adjectiveexchange, nounex-serviceman, nounex-servicewoman, nounfield, verbfirst lieutenant, nounfirst strike, nounflak jacket, nounflash, nounfort, nounfortress, nounfoxhole, nounFPO, front, noungas mask, noungeneral headquarters, nounGHQ, nounguardhouse, nounheadquarters, nounhigh command, nounHQ, nounincursion, nounindefensible, adjectiveinsignia, nouninstallation, nouninsubordination, nounintelligence, nouninternment, nouninvade, verbinvader, nouninvasion, nounkit bag, nounKP, nounlieutenant, nounline, nounMaj., major, nounmajor general, nounman, nounmarch, verbmarch, nounmarch-past, nounmarshal, nounmassacre, nounmassacre, verbmess, nounmess, verbmilitarism, nounmilitarized, adjectiveMilitary Academy, nounMilitary Cross, nounmilitary service, nounmilitia, nounmilitiaman, nounminuteman, nounmission, nounMP, nounmutineer, nounmutinous, adjectivemutiny, nounnational service, nounNATO, nounNCO, nounno-man's-land, nounnon-aggression, nounnon-aligned, adjectivenon-combatant, nounobjective, nounobservation post, nounoccupation, nounoccupy, verboffence, nounoffensive, adjectiveoffensive, nounofficer, nounoperation, nounorderly, nounoutflank, verboutpost, nounoverthrow, verboverwhelm, verbpact, nounpadre, nounparade, nounparamilitary, adjectiveparapet, nounpartisan, nounpassword, nounpatrol, nounperilous, adjectiveperiscope, nounpillbox, nounpincer movement, nounpost, verbPOW, nounpre-war, adjectiveprisoner, nounprisoner of war, nounPurple Heart, nounpush, nounputsch, nounPX, nounquarter, verbquartermaster, nounquell, verbR & R, nounraid, nounraid, verbrank, nounrebellion, nounrecapture, verbreconnaissance, nounreconnoitre, verbrecruit, verbrecruit, nounreinforce, verbrelieve, verbRemembrance Day, nounrepel, verbrequisition, verbretake, verbretire, verbretreat, verbretreat, nounreview, nounreview, verbribbon, nounsabre-rattling, nounsally, nounsalute, verbsalute, nounsalvo, nounsamurai, nounscorched earth policy, nounscout, nounscout, verbscramble, verbsecond lieutenant, nounsentinel, nounsentry, nounsentry box, nounsergeant, nounsergeant major, nounserviceman, nounservicewoman, nounSgt., shell, verbshelling, nounsiege, nounskirmish, nounstaff officer, nounstaging area, nounstandard-issue, adjectivestar, nounstation, nounstation, verbstrategic, adjectivestrategist, nounstrategy, nounstripe, nounstronghold, nounsuperpower, nounsuppress, verbsurgical strike, nounsurrender, verbsurrender, nountactical, adjectivetarget, nountarget, verbtask force, nountattoo, nountheatre, nountrench warfare, nountripwire, nountruce, nounturret, noununarmed, adjectiveunoccupied, adjectivevalour, nounveteran, nounvolunteer, nounvolunteer, verbwar chest, nounwar crime, nounwar cry, nounwar dance, nounwar effort, nounwarfare, nounwarhorse, nounwarlike, adjectivewarlord, nounwar memorial, nounwarmonger, nounwarrant officer, nounwarring, adjectivewarrior, nounwar-torn, adjectivewar widow, nounwar zone, nounwounded, adjectivezero hour, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYadjectivesADJECTIVES/NOUN + occupation► manual occupations/blue-collar occupations
Word family (=jobs in which you work using your hands)· People from manual occupations are most at risk of experiencing poverty.
► professional occupations/white-collar occupations (=jobs that usually involve a lot of education)· professional occupations such as medicine or the law· Teachers’ pay compares poorly with that of other white-collar occupations.
► skilled/unskilled occupations (=needing training and experience/not needing training and experience)· Plumbing and carpentry are highly skilled occupations.· Workers in unskilled occupations are finding fewer job opportunities.
► a working-class/middle-class occupation· Teaching is regarded as a middle-class occupation.· Working-class occupations may be divided into skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled.
► a male/female occupation (=a job that traditionally is done by men or women)· traditional female occupations such as nursing
► managerial occupations (=a job that involves being a manager)· Women in managerial occupations tend to have children later.
► service occupations (=a job in which you provide a service rather than producing goods)· Around two thirds of the labour force is employed in service occupations.
verbs► have an occupation· The people in the region have a variety of occupations.
► choose an occupation· Young people need help with choosing a suitable occupation.
► take up an occupation (also enter an occupation formal) (=start doing one)· Many of his colleagues have taken up another occupation.· Our recent graduates have entered a wide range of occupations.
► follow an occupation formal (=do one)· The third son followed his father’s occupation.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► certain· Also, it was not easily applicable in certain occupations.· Occupation and Class Certain occupations are important in terms not only of class but also of status.· Many engaged in certain unclean occupations, such as slaughtering and leather-curing.· Members of each stratum were not expected to deviate from certain prescribed occupations.· Further, certain occupations can be designated as reserved for registered disabled.· The sample for this study is designed to represent people in certain occupations or with particular qualifications throughout Great Britain.· Again, it is the case. that in certain occupations older people are paid more than younger ones.
► different· In particular the various skills and services offered by different occupations have differing market values.· However, the implied difference in compensation for increased risk of death among workers choosing different occupations would be very large.· Movements and posture used daily when doing different jobs or in different occupations can save or squander energy.· Does motivation vary between individuals and between different types of occupations? 6.· Whereas contemporary Thurmaston had 15 different occupations recorded, Syston had 32.· Between them, Worcester men in the first half of the seventeenth century had at least 100 different occupations.· A completely different classification of occupations would of course result.· Horizontal segregation: This is the separation of women into different occupations from men.
► early· The leader of the earlier occupation of the broadcasting station was identified as Maj. Narcisse Djoua.· Coming from the ditches, it could have in it material from an earlier phase of occupation.· All this evidence demonstrates the complex character of the early occupation at Ilchester.· Few other buildings can be assigned to this early occupation with any confidence.· This means that the evidence for early occupation is often quite deeply buried.· Within these suburbs, interesting variations are known in the date of the earliest civilian occupation.
► human· Corn-milling is one of the oldest and most necessary human occupations.· All human occupations must help to formulate a new and acceptable religion.
► main· After the war Birkenhead made biography his main occupation despite a major set-back.· Which is the main occupation and which is the second largest?· The first covers those sites where the main occupation is focused around the junction of two or more through routes.· The main occupation of the people of Kidderminster in those days was weaving, so there were few rich people amongst them.· Agriculture was the main occupation for many years but now unhappily few farms remain, due to building development.· The shift from the main traditional occupation, agriculture, to unskilled labour, was considerable.· The population is around 1,200 and the main occupations are in agriculture and, in more recent years, industry.
► manual· Consistently, those elderly from the professional and managerial classes experience better health than their contemporaries from the manual occupation groups.· Social class 4 consists of semi-skilled manual occupations.· It has been suggested that gastric cancer which occurs in some manual workers is occupation related.· Both manual and non-manual occupations make up the labour force in service industries.· Indeed, a few members of that institutional survivor of a feudal era, the House of Lords, pursue manual occupations.· He had chosen 40 manual occupations.· There are also specialized agencies that deal with nursing, catering and more manual occupations.
► military· It's under our military occupation, let the army do the job.· This conquest, successful after countless setbacks, ended in wholesale military occupation.· New Delhi need do no more than keep Kashmir under military occupation and keep the lid on guerrilla warfare.· They seized the gold and took it back into New York before beginning a 19-year military occupation.· Obviously there would be a period of military occupation, with control invested in an allied military governor, but then what?
► other· Relative invisibility and freedom from direct supervision liberate field staff from some of the constraints found in other occupations.· For relevant quotations for other occupations, look in trade journals and magazines.· The high professional standards present in some other occupations, such as science or medicine, are the outcome of a long process.· The police and other security-related occupations, like the Prison Service.· Police earnings in the 1920s were substantial by comparison with most other occupations to which a working man could aspire.· Housework is not unique in this respect: other occupations also have apprenticeship schemes.· Professionals, in contrast to members of other occupations, claim and are often accorded complete autonomy in their work.
► particular· One should not suppose that it is an accomplishment of any particular class, occupation or profession.· Previous research has suggested that there may be barriers to particular types of occupation which selectively prevent women from entering them.· High income payments in a particular occupation or industry encourage households to supply more of their human and property resources.· This has been the constant trend, despite the fact that particular occupations may have been de-skilled in the process.
► professional· The research, therefore, studies the implications of these trends for individuals and their families within selected professional and managerial occupations.· The differences widen even further when account is taken of the more satisfying nature of professional occupations.· Consistently those older people from professional and managerial occupations experience better health than their contemporaries from the manual occupation groups.· It provides data on mobility as related to job change primarily for people in management, professional and technical occupations.
► ready· Your hedgehog house is now ready for occupation.· They should be ready for occupation next spring.· Contractors are working hard to make certain all the homes will be ready for occupation as soon as possible.· A large building extension will be ready for occupation by 1996.· Level 7 should be ready for occupation by Cataloguing in February 1993.· After the land had been cleaned by the flood, it was ready for occupation again and a new beginning.
► roman· The first documentary reference is in the Domesday Book of 1086, but there has been evidence of Roman and Saxon occupation.· This general conclusion applies whether the sites had Iron-Age antecedents or developed during the course of the Roman occupation.· The people of the Middle Ages inherited sea-walls and drainage channels which had survived from the Roman occupation.
► soviet· Everything - from alcohol to sheep - has been disappearing, recalling the early plunder-happy days of Soviet occupation in 1945.· To build a national identity takes more than just a shared memory of Soviet repression and occupation.· The criminality of the Soviet occupation did not stop there, of course.
NOUN► owner· Part of the argument hinges on owner occupation.· The Council: Helps local housing associations to provide homes for rent and low cost owner occupation.· In the first place, there is a higher proportion of owner occupation and private furnished renting.· A sociological revolution was also taking place as the social status of owner occupation proved increasingly compelling.· The third subsidy to owner occupation comes from the abolition of the Schedule A tax.· There were other factors too to explain the veritable explosion of building for owner occupation.
► service· It has something to do with the distinction between service industries and service occupations.· But among male executives and professionals, and among men in service occupations, the numbers begin to change.
VERB► end· This conquest, successful after countless setbacks, ended in wholesale military occupation.
WORD FAMILYnounoccupationoccupantoccupancyadjectiveoccupiedverboccupy
1[countable] a job or profession: Please state your name, address and occupation. professional and managerial occupations manual occupations► see thesaurus at job2[uncountable] when a large group of people enter a place and take control of it, especially by military forceoccupation of the German occupation of Franceunder occupation The area is under occupation (=controlled by a foreign army).3[countable] a way of spending your time SYN pastime: One of my childhood occupations was collecting stamps.4[uncountable] when someone lives or stays in a building or place: When the first scientists came to the region they found little evidence of human occupation.COLLOCATIONSadjectivesADJECTIVES/NOUN + occupationmanual occupations/blue-collar occupations (=jobs in which you work using your hands)· People from manual occupations are most at risk of experiencing poverty.professional occupations/white-collar occupations (=jobs that usually involve a lot of education)· professional occupations such as medicine or the law· Teachers’ pay compares poorly with that of other white-collar occupations.skilled/unskilled occupations (=needing training and experience/not needing training and experience)· Plumbing and carpentry are highly skilled occupations.· Workers in unskilled occupations are finding fewer job opportunities.a working-class/middle-class occupation· Teaching is regarded as a middle-class occupation.· Working-class occupations may be divided into skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled.a male/female occupation (=a job that traditionally is done by men or women)· traditional female occupations such as nursingmanagerial occupations (=a job that involves being a manager)· Women in managerial occupations tend to have children later.service occupations (=a job in which you provide a service rather than producing goods)· Around two thirds of the labour force is employed in service occupations.verbshave an occupation· The people in the region have a variety of occupations.choose an occupation· Young people need help with choosing a suitable occupation.take up an occupation (also enter an occupation formal) (=start doing one)· Many of his colleagues have taken up another occupation.· Our recent graduates have entered a wide range of occupations.follow an occupation formal (=do one)· The third son followed his father’s occupation.