occupation

Definition:
1. A job or profession.
2. The way in which you spend your time, especially when you are not working.
3. The principal activity in your life that you do to earn money.
4. The control of a country by military forces of a foreign power.
5. Any activity that occupies a person's attention.

Use 'occupation' in a sentence:

• 1. To cognitive researchers like Piaget, adulthood meant the beginning of an occupation.
• 2. Intellectual life in France was smothered by the occupation.
• 3. It's your occupation, isn't it?
• 4. Tell me your name, address, and occupation.
• 5. He carried on several occupations at a time.
• 6. As was usually the case in European nations invaded by the germans, the high cost of the occupation was borne by the occupied country& and the Greek economy was plundered through forced exports.
• 7. Enter your name and occupation in the boxes.
• 8. Workers have the legal right to refuse certain unsafe work assignments under two federal laws, the Occupation Safety and Health Act and the National Labor Relations Act.
• 9. I haven't entered up your name and occupation yet.
• 10. During World War ii, german occupation of France lasted four years.
• 11. Please state your occupation in the box below.
• 12. Furthermore, a well-rounded student having learnt multiple subjects throughout their educational career will be seen as a suitable candidate by employers in their chosen occupation in the future.
• 13. May I know your occupation?
• 14. Reading is a useful occupation to us.
• 15. He was only interested in typically masculine occupations.
• 16. That was the real occupation.
• 17. Food price protests were these women's way of organizing at their own workplace, as workers whose occupation was shopping and preparing food for their families.
• 18. The implication in his article is that being a housewife is greatly inferior to every other occupation.
• 19. It also explains why some of the forts continued in occupation long after Rome ceased to have any formal authority in Britain.
• 20. She despised the occupation.
• 21. I see myself at different moments of history, in various guises and occupations.
• 22. A well-rounded student having learnt multiple subjects throughout their educational career will be seen as a suitable candidate by employers in their chosen occupation in the future.
• 23. Seligian death certificates indicate only the deceased's last occupation.
• 24. Why are you interested in this occupation?
• 25. To cognitive researchers like Piaget, adulthood meant the beginning of occupation.
• 26. What's the most dangerous occupation?
• 27. It's a very interesting occupation.
• 28. Father's occupation is police.
• 29. A zoo employee who develops a serious animal-induced allergy is very likely to switch to some other occupation.
• 30. We have a question here about occupation.
• 31. Careful excavation and documentation of layers in a mound can reveal a wealth of information about the everyday life of a people in a settlement over many periods of occupation.
• 32. Prii had become fluent in German during the Wehrmacht's occupation of Estonia in 1942.
• 33. Moreover, European society was relatively stratified; occupation and social status were inherited.
• 34. Your surname may be derived from a place, such as Lancaster, for example, or an occupation, such as weaver.
• 35. No wonder only 13% of employees worldwide feel engaged in their occupation.
• 36. Jerusalem has seen endless conquests and occupations.
• 37. Please state your occupation and place of residence.
• 38. No, I've discovered the real thing, the only genuine occupation for a life time.
• 39. Social status is largely determined by the occupation of the main breadwinner.
• 40. The following applies only to tenants in occupation after January 1 2003.
• 41. Parachuting is a dangerous occupation.
• 42. Television repairman was a common occupation in the 1950s, for instance.
• 43. This ended Israel's decades-long occupation in the Gaza Strip and West Bank.
• 44. Like most people, I've long understood that I will be judged by my occupation, that my profession is a gauge people use to see how smart or talented I am.
• 45. Unskilled manual occupations usually don't earn much.
• 46. The areas under occupation contained major industrial areas.
• 47. The offices will be ready for occupation in June.
• 48. The level of owner occupation has increased rapidly in the last 30 years.
• 49. Her main occupation seems to be shopping.
• 50. I suppose I was looking for an occupation which was going to be an adventure.
• 51. Please state your name, age and occupation below.
• 52. Please state your name, age, and occupation.
• 53. Occupation: administrative assistant.
• 54. You will be asked to fill in a form with details of your birth and occupation.