Word

occupation, n.
(occupations)
freq. cnt. 10

the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 99 freq. cnt.: 76 freq. cnt.: 13 freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

business job line line of work occupation

sample sentences

"he's not in my line of business"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

occupy

semantic pointers

hypernym

activity

hyponym

confectionery sport farming, land game, biz career, vocation, calling work, employment appointment position, place, post, berth, spot, office, billet, situation treadmill, salt mine trade, craft profession metier, medium accounting, accountancy photography catering

the act of occupying or taking possession of a building
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

moving in occupancy occupation

sample sentences

"occupation of a building without a certificate of occupancy is illegal"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

occupy

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

occupant

semantic pointers

hypernym

acquiring, getting

hyponym

preoccupancy, preoccupation

any activity that occupies a person's attention
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

occupation

sample sentences

"he missed the bell in his occupation with the computer game"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

occupy occupy occupy

semantic pointers

hypernym

activity

the control of a country by military forces of a foreign power
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

military control occupation

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

occupy

semantic pointers

hypernym

social control

domain of synset (topic)

armed forces, military, armed services, military machine, war machine

the period of time during which a place or position or nation is occupied
<noun.time>

occupation

sample sentences

"during the German occupation of Paris"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

occupy occupy

semantic pointers

hypernym

period, period of time, time period