"avocation" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /avə(ʊ)ˈkeɪʃən/ [UK], /ævoʊˈkeɪʃən/ [US], /ævəˈkeɪʃən/ [US] Audio: en-au-avocation.ogg Forms: avocations [plural]
Etymology: From Latin āvocātiō (“a distraction”), from āvocō (“I call off, distract”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*wekʷ-}}, {{uder|en|la|āvocātiō||a distraction}} Latin āvocātiō (“a distraction”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} avocation (countable and uncountable, plural avocations)
  1. (obsolete) A calling away; a diversion. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable Translations (calling away): развлечение (razvlečenie) (Bulgarian), странично занимание (stranično zanimanie) (Bulgarian), 娛樂 (Chinese Mandarin), 娱乐 (yúlè) (Chinese Mandarin), juttu (Finnish), appel [masculine] (French), clamation (Interlingua), appello (Interlingua), chiamata [feminine] (Italian), развлече́ние (razvlečénije) [neuter] (Russian), llamada [feminine] (Spanish)
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  2. A hobby or recreational or leisure pursuit. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (hobby): хоби (hobi) (Bulgarian), 愛好 (Chinese Mandarin), 爱好 (àihào) (Chinese Mandarin), 興趣 (Chinese Mandarin), 兴趣 (xìngqù) (Chinese Mandarin), harrastus (Finnish), juttu (Finnish), hobby (Interlingua), hobby [neuter] (Italian), passatempo [masculine] (Italian), хо́бби (xóbbi) [indeclinable, neuter] (Russian), pasatiempo [masculine] (Spanish), afición [feminine] (Spanish), fritidssysselsättning [common-gender] (Swedish), hobby [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-avocation-en-noun-VKAHDgoE Disambiguation of 'hobby': 25 61 1 12 1
  3. That which calls one away from one's regular employment or vocation. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (that which calls one away from one's regular employment or vocation): afleiding (Dutch), juttu (Finnish), развлече́ние (razvlečénije) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-avocation-en-noun-f8KkNoce Disambiguation of "that which calls one away from one's regular employment or vocation": 5 0 77 12 5
  4. Pursuits; duties; affairs which occupy one's time; usual employment; vocation. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (usual employment; vocation): призвание (prizvanie) (Bulgarian), työ (Finnish), juttu (Finnish), призва́ние (prizvánije) [neuter] (Russian)
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  5. The calling of a case from an inferior to a superior court. Tags: countable, uncountable
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: avocational, avocationally, vocation, volunteerism

Inflected forms

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          "text": "[W]hen his other more momentous Avocations of Pedantry and Pedagogiſm vvill give him an Interval from VVrath and Contention, he vvill ſet apart a Moment to conſider humane Nature Deviliz'd, and give us a Mathematical Anatomical Deſcription of it; […]",
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      "word": "avocationally"
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      "word": "volunteerism"
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          "ref": "1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:",
          "text": "But though she could neither sleep nor rest in her bed, yet, having no avocation from it, she was found there by her father at his return from Allworthy's, which was not till past ten o'clock in the morning.",
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        "A calling away; a diversion."
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        "(obsolete) A calling away; a diversion."
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          "ref": "1934, Robert Frost, Two Tramps in Mud Time:",
          "text": "But yield who will to their separation,\nMy object in living is to unite\nMy avocation and my vocation\nAs my two eyes make one in sight.",
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        {
          "ref": "18 April, 1986, Ronald Reagan, Proclamation 5462",
          "text": "Gardening is a wholesome avocation that encourages appreciation for nature and concern for the preservation and enhancement of our environment."
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        "That which calls one away from one's regular employment or vocation."
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        {
          "text": "November 1, 1711, William King, Letter to Jonathan Swift\nI have several things on the anvil, and near finished, that perhaps might be useful, if published: but the continual avocation by business, the impositions on me by impertinent visits, and the uneasiness of writing, which grows more intolerable to me every day, I doubt, will prevent my going any farther."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1726, [Daniel Defoe], “Of Satan’s Agents or Missionaries, and Their Actings upon and in the Minds of Men in His Name”, in The Political History of the Devil, as well Ancient as Modern: […], London: […] T. Warner, […], →OCLC, part II (Of the Modern History of the Devil), page 244:",
          "text": "[W]hen his other more momentous Avocations of Pedantry and Pedagogiſm vvill give him an Interval from VVrath and Contention, he vvill ſet apart a Moment to conſider humane Nature Deviliz'd, and give us a Mathematical Anatomical Deſcription of it; […]",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1842 December – 1844 July, Charles Dickens, The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1844, →OCLC:",
          "text": "I have been received with unsurpassable politeness, delicacy, sweet temper, hospitality, consideration, and with unsurpassable respect for the privacy daily enforced upon me by the nature of my avocation here and the state of my health.",
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razvlečenie",
      "sense": "calling away",
      "word": "развлечение"
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      "roman": "stranično zanimanie",
      "sense": "calling away",
      "word": "странично занимание"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "calling away",
      "word": "娛樂"
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      "roman": "yúlè",
      "sense": "calling away",
      "word": "娱乐"
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      "sense": "calling away",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "chiamata"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "calling away",
      "word": "juttu"
    },
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "calling away",
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      "word": "appel"
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      "sense": "calling away",
      "word": "clamation"
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      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "calling away",
      "word": "appello"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razvlečénije",
      "sense": "calling away",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "развлече́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "calling away",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "llamada"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "hobi",
      "sense": "hobby",
      "word": "хоби"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "hobby",
      "word": "愛好"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "àihào",
      "sense": "hobby",
      "word": "爱好"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "hobby",
      "word": "興趣"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xìngqù",
      "sense": "hobby",
      "word": "兴趣"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "hobby",
      "word": "harrastus"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "hobby",
      "word": "juttu"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "hobby",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "hobby"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "hobby",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "passatempo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "hobby",
      "word": "hobby"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xóbbi",
      "sense": "hobby",
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        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "хо́бби"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "hobby",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "pasatiempo"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "hobby",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "afición"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "hobby",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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      "word": "fritidssysselsättning"
    },
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      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "hobby",
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      "word": "hobby"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "that which calls one away from one's regular employment or vocation",
      "word": "afleiding"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "that which calls one away from one's regular employment or vocation",
      "word": "juttu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razvlečénije",
      "sense": "that which calls one away from one's regular employment or vocation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "развлече́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prizvanie",
      "sense": "usual employment; vocation",
      "word": "призвание"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "usual employment; vocation",
      "word": "työ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "usual employment; vocation",
      "word": "juttu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prizvánije",
      "sense": "usual employment; vocation",
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        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "призва́ние"
    }
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