What is the meaning of occupation?

noun

  • The principal activity in your life that you do to earn money.
    • usage: "he's not in my line of business"
  • The control of a country by military forces of a foreign power.
  • Any activity that occupies a person's attention.
    • usage: "he missed the bell in his occupation with the computer game"
  • The act of occupying or taking possession of a building.
    • usage: "occupation of a building without a certificate of occupancy is illegal"
  • The period of time during which a place or position or nation is occupied.
    • usage: "during the German occupation of Paris"
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