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# occupation

«occupation» in Mova's school dictionary: **a job or the kind of work a person does** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (an occupation, occupations)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An occupation is a job or the kind of work a person does. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/occupation/#m1)

2) An occupation is something you spend your time doing, like a hobby. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/occupation/#m2)

3) Occupation is when an army takes control of a country or place and stays there. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/occupation/#m3)

4) Occupation is living in or using a building. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/occupation/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

On forms an «occupation» box asks what your job is. In history lessons it tells of soldiers ruling another land. In everyday life signs such as «maximum occupation 50» tell how many people may be in a room. Phrases: «by occupation» (a baker by occupation), «under occupation», «occupation of a house».

### examples

- What is your dad's occupation? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/occupation/#x1)
- Her occupation is nurse. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/occupation/#x2)
- My uncle is a carpenter by occupation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/occupation/#x3)
- Reading is my favourite occupation on rainy days. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/occupation/#x4)
- The town was under enemy occupation during the war. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/occupation/#x5)
- The house is ready for occupation next month. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/occupation/#x6)
- Write your parent's occupation on the form. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/occupation/#x7)
- Farming was the main occupation in the village long ago. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/occupation/#x8)
- It took some time, and was not a comfortable occupation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/occupation/#x9)

### note

Countable when it means a job (occupations); uncountable for the military or living-in sense. Verb: occupy. Adjective: occupational («occupational therapist»). In formal forms «occupation» = «job». Room capacity: «maximum occupation 30» means no more than 30 people allowed.

### In the corpora

- [Since 2022 it has been under Russian occupation, and Ukrainian scientists report worries about its animals.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/373-ukraine-s-steppe-marmots-sousliks-great-bustards-and-askania-nova/7/)
- [And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say: What is your occupation?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1536/)
- [For all his days are pains, and his occupation vexation; yea, even in the night his heart taketh not rest.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/ECC.44/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «occupation» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/occupation/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.