"vocation" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /voʊˈkeɪʃən/ [General-American], /vəʊˈkeɪʃən/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-vocation.ogg Forms: vocations [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English vocacioun, from Old French vocation, from Latin vocātiō. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*wekʷ-}}, {{inh|en|enm|vocacioun}} Middle English vocacioun, {{der|en|fro|vocation}} Old French vocation, {{der|en|la|vocātiō}} Latin vocātiō Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} vocation (countable and uncountable, plural vocations)
  1. (Ecclesiastical) A divine calling to establish one's lifestyle. Tags: Ecclesiastical, countable, uncountable Translations (calling): رِسَالَة (risāla) (Arabic), نداء (Arabic), اختيار لغرض دينيّ (Arabic), دعوَة (Arabic), կոչում (kočʻum) (Armenian), հակում (hakum) (Armenian), призва́ние (prizvánie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), влечение (vlečenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), vocació [feminine] (Catalan), 天職 (Chinese Mandarin), 天职 (tiānzhí) (Chinese Mandarin), kald [neuter] (Danish), roeping [feminine] (Dutch), alvokiĝo (Esperanto), elämäntehtävä (Finnish), kutsumus (Finnish), vocation [feminine] (French), პროფესია (ṗropesia) (Georgian), ხელობა (xeloba) (Georgian), მოწოდება (moc̣odeba) (Georgian), Berufung [feminine] (German), κλίση (klísi) [feminine] (Greek), köllun [feminine] (Icelandic), 天職 (tenshoku) (Japanese), vocâtion [feminine] (Norman), kall [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), vocação [feminine] (Portuguese), vocație [feminine] (Romanian), predispoziție [feminine] (Romanian), chemare [feminine] (Romanian), призва́ние (prizvánije) [neuter] (Russian), vocación [feminine] (Spanish), kall (Swedish), galwedigaeth [feminine] (Welsh)
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  2. An occupation for which a person is suited, trained or qualified. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (occupation for which a person is suited): حِرْفَة (ḥirfa) (Arabic), مِهْنَة (mihna) (Arabic), مهنة (mihna) [Egyptian-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), կոչում (kočʻum) (Armenian), занимание (zanimanie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), професия (profesija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), vocació [feminine] (Catalan), 職業 (Chinese Mandarin), 职业 (zhíyè) (Chinese Mandarin), povolání [neuter] (Czech), alvokiĝo (Esperanto), ammatti (Finnish), vocation [feminine] (French), მოწოდება (moc̣odeba) (Georgian), ხელობა (xeloba) (Georgian), Beruf [masculine] (German), επάγγελμα (epángelma) [neuter] (Greek), hivatás (Hungarian), vokasi (Indonesian), vocazione [feminine] (Italian), 天職 (tenshoku) (Japanese), vocâtion [feminine] (Norman), Beroop (nds) [masculine] (Plautdietsch), powołanie [neuter] (Polish), posłannictwo [neuter] (Polish), vocação [feminine] (Portuguese), ocupație [feminine] (Romanian), vocație [feminine] (Romanian), призва́ние (prizvánije) [neuter] (Russian), dreuchd [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), profesión [feminine] (Spanish), kall (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-vocation-en-noun-CdeNnZd4 Categories (other): Terms with Norman translations Disambiguation of Terms with Norman translations: 55 45 Disambiguation of 'occupation for which a person is suited': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: job, labour, occupation, work Derived forms: vocational Related terms: vocative

Inflected forms

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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "occupation for which a person is suited",
      "word": "hivatás"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "occupation for which a person is suited",
      "word": "vokasi"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "occupation for which a person is suited",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vocazione"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tenshoku",
      "sense": "occupation for which a person is suited",
      "word": "天職"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "occupation for which a person is suited",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vocâtion"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "occupation for which a person is suited",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Beroop (nds)"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "occupation for which a person is suited",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "powołanie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "occupation for which a person is suited",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "posłannictwo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "occupation for which a person is suited",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vocação"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "occupation for which a person is suited",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ocupație"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "occupation for which a person is suited",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vocație"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prizvánije",
      "sense": "occupation for which a person is suited",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "призва́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "occupation for which a person is suited",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dreuchd"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "occupation for which a person is suited",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "profesión"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "occupation for which a person is suited",
      "word": "kall"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "vocation"
  ],
  "word": "vocation"
}

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