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# vocation

«vocation» in Mova's school dictionary: **the work or calling that a person feels is right for…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (vocations)

### meaning for a pupil

A vocation is the work or calling that a person feels is right for them, such as teaching or healing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vocation/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

a person's calling or special role in life; in stories a goddess can have a special role as protector of a group of people

### examples

- Her vocation was teaching children to read. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vocation/#x1)
- He felt a vocation to help the sick. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vocation/#x2)
- The goddess had a vocation as protector of married women. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vocation/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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