Слово англійською: occupation
Іменник
Переклад occupation українською: заняття, рід занять; фах; праця, робота; професія, володіння, користування, зайнятість, men out of ~ — незайняті, безробітні, займання, захоплення; заволодіння, окупація, ~ army — окупаційна армія, ~ regime — окупаційний режим
Детальний опис
occupation
noun /ˌɑːkjuˈpeɪʃn/
- [countable] a job or profession
- Please state your name, age and occupation below.
Synonyms workworkemployment ▪ career ▪ profession ▪ occupation ▪ tradeThese are all words for the jobs that somebody does in return for payment, especially over a long period of time. work the job that somebody does, especially in order to earn money:- It’s very difficult to find work at the moment.
employment (rather formal) work, especially when it is done to earn money; the state of being employed or the situation in which people have work:- Only half the people here are in paid employment.
career the job or series of jobs that somebody has in a particular area of work, usually involving more responsibility as time passes:- He had a very distinguished career in the Foreign Office.
profession a type of job that needs special training or skill, especially one that needs a high level of education:- He hopes to enter the medical profession.
The profession is all the people who work in a particular profession: the legal profession. The professions are the traditional jobs that need a high level of education and training, such as being a doctor or lawyer.occupation (rather formal) a job or profession:- Please state your name, age, and occupation.
trade a job, especially one that involves working with your hands and requires special training and skills:- Carpentry is a highly skilled trade.
Patterns- in/out of work/employment
- (a) full-time/part-time work/employment/career/occupation
- permanent/temporary work/employment
- (a) well-paid work/employment/profession/occupation
- (a) low-paid work/employment/occupation
- to look for/seek/find work/employment/a career/an occupation
- to get/obtain/give somebody/offer somebody/create/generate/provide work/employment
- [countable] the way in which you spend your time, especially when you are not working
- Her main occupation seems to be shopping.
- [uncountable] the act of moving into a country, town, etc. and taking control of it using military force; the period of time during which a country, town, etc. is controlled in this way
- the Roman occupation of Britain
- under occupation The zones under occupation contained major industrial areas.
- occupation forces
- [uncountable] (formal) the act of living in or using a building, room, piece of land, etc.
- The offices will be ready for occupation in June.
- in occupation The following applies only to tenants in occupation after January 1 this year.
- The level of owner occupation (= people owning their homes) has increased rapidly in the last 30 years.
Word OriginMiddle English: via Old French from Latin occupatio(n-), from the verb occupare ‘seize’. Sense (3) dates from the mid 16th cent.