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avocation::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | by-line, hobby, pursuit, sideline, spare-time activity |
| Type of | interest, pastime, pursuit |
| Has types | spelaeology, speleology |
| Derivation | avocational |
Examples of avocation
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His avocation over the years has been following his grandsons'athletic exploits.
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When your vocation and avocation are too close, they're bound to be in conflict.
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Tripp is an avid outdoorsman and thus an aficionado of tent living by avocation.
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Gushue is a newspaperman by profession, but a serious football fan by avocation.
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Law may be the Naperville resident's profession, but cooking is his avocation.
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Once he retired, though, this was not a casual relationship with an avocation.
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But it seems the company is almost ready to turn its avocation into an occupation.
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He didn't dissuade him, though, from the family avocation of photographing trains.
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It is turn-on how everyday readers cannot rely on a composite avocation like this.
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- An auxiliary activity
- An avocation is an activity that one engages in as a hobby outside one's main occupation. There are many examples of people whose professions were the ways that they made their livings but for whom their activities outside of their workplaces were their true passions in life.
- A calling away; a diversion; A hobby or recreational or leisure pursuit; That which calls one away from one's regular employment or vocation; Pursuits; duties; affairs which occupy one's time; usual employment; vocation
- (avocate) To call off or away; to withdraw; to transfer to another tribunal
- This refers to either an occupation or an activity the insured participates in.
- (noun) hobby [The prefix "a-" means "not" or "without." "Avocation" means "not vocation."]
