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occupation::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | moving in, occupancy |
| Type of | getting, acquiring |
| Has types | preoccupancy, preoccupation |
| Derivation | occupy |
occupation of a building without a certificate of occupancy is illegal.
occupation::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | military control |
| Type of | social control |
| Derivation | occupy |
occupation::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | business, job, line, line of work |
| Type of | activity |
| Has types | medium, metier, office, photography, place, position, post, profession, salt mine, situation, sport, spot, trade, treadmill, vocation, accountancy, work, accounting, appointment, berth, billet, biz, calling, career, catering, confectionery, craft, employment, farming, game, land |
| Derivation | occupy |
occupation::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | activity |
| Derivation | occupy |
he missed the bell in his occupation with the computer game.
occupation::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | period of time, period, time period |
| Derivation | occupy |
during the German occupation of Paris.
Examples of occupation
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Also, the savvier occupations readily differentiate a protest vs. an occupation.
From the economist.com
What's wrong with trying the German model of high occupation of rented property?
From the guardian.co.uk
I suggest the occupation of the parents of the accused is completely irrelevant.
From the iwcp.co.uk
Shouldn't they, too, be regarded as born to alien enemies in hostile occupation?
From the sacbee.com
After 1945 the victorious Allies carved Germany into four sectors of occupation.
From the newsweek.com
Protests against Soviet occupation had been occurring for months around Germany.
From the post-gazette.com
They have been exempt under a 2003 decree by the U.S. occupation administration.
From the thenewstribune.com
Like other Saul works, it points up the darker sides of conquest and occupation.
From the philly.com
It has clung to a distinct culture and language through occupation and upheaval.
From the washingtonpost.com
- The principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; "he's not in my line of business"
- The control of a country by military forces of a foreign power
- Any activity that occupies a person's attention; "he missed the bell in his occupation with the computer game"
- The act of occupying or taking possession of a building; "occupation of a building without a certificate of occupancy is illegal"
- The period of time during which a place or position or nation is occupied; "during the German occupation of Paris"
- (occupational) of or relating to the activity or business for which you are trained; "occupational hazard"
- Occupation is the season premiere of the third season of Battlestar Galactica, and follows the events of the webisodic short series . "Occupation" aired on October 6, 2006 and was immediately followed by the second episode, "Precipice".
- An occupation, as an act of protest, is the entry into and holding of a building, space or symbolic site. ...
- Occupation is a BAFTA award winning three part drama serial broadcast by BBC One in June 2009. It was written by Peter Bowker and has been produced by Kudos for BBC Northern Ireland.
