occupationnoun
uk/ˌɒk.jəˈpeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌɑː.kjəˈpeɪ.ʃən/occupation noun (JOB)
A2 [ C ] a person's job:
In the space marked "occupation" she wrote "police officer".
occupation noun (ACTIVITY)
C1 [ C ] a regular activity or hobby:
It seems to me his favourite occupation is eating.
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Work, working and the workplace
- a long way to go idiom
- act as sth 1
- act as sth
- all work and no play (makes Jack a dull boy) idiom
- assignment
- cabin
- hold down a job idiom
- hoop
- hot desk
- hot-desking
- hotelling
- housekeeping
- labour
- slouch
- spadework
- stroke
- sweat
- sweat over sth
- swing into action idiom
- temp
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occupation noun (CONTROL)
C2 [ U ] a situation in which an army or group of people moves into and takes control of a place:
the Italian occupation of Ethiopia
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Attacking & invading
- ambush
- beleaguer
- beleaguered
- blitz
- blitz
- cyberwarfare
- engage
- engagement
- going-over
- incursion
- invade
- invader
- offensive
- rip into sb/sth
- rush
- sack
- sacking
- sally
- seize
- sortie
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