Definition of Occupation

Noun: occupation  ,ó-kyu'pey-shun

1. A person's occupation, work, or trade
   "he's not in my line of occupation";
   - business, job, line of work, line
    
2. (military) the control of a country by military forces of a foreign power
   - military control
    
3. Any activity that occupies a person's attention
   "he missed the bell in his occupation with the computer game"
    
4. The act of occupying or taking possession of a building
   "occupation of a building without a certificate of occupancy is illegal";
   - occupancy, moving in
    
5. The period of time during which a place, position or nation is occupied
   "during the German occupation of Paris"

See also:
occupants
occupational

Anagrams containing the word occupation

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