"vocation" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /voʊˈkeɪʃən/ [General-American], /vəʊˈkeɪʃən/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-vocation.ogg [US] 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. An inclination to undertake a certain kind of work, especially a religious career; often in response to a perceived summons; a calling. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (calling): رِسَالَة (risāla) (Arabic), نداء (Arabic), اختيار لغرض دينيّ (Arabic), دعوَة (Arabic), կոչում (kočʿum) (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)
    Sense id: en-vocation-en-noun-LB2jGTl6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 67 33 Disambiguation of 'calling': 90 10
  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 (kočʿum) (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 Disambiguation of 'occupation for which a person is suited': 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: job, labour, occupation, work Derived forms: vocational Related terms: vocative

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "calling",
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            "feminine"
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          "code": "el",
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          "roman": "klísi",
          "sense": "calling",
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          "sense": "calling",
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          "sense": "calling",
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          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "calling",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "chemare"
        },
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          "roman": "prizvánije",
          "sense": "calling",
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          "text": "Nursing is a vocation, which many people find horrendous.",
          "type": "example"
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          "roman": "ḥirfa",
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          "word": "حِرْفَة"
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          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "mihna",
          "sense": "occupation for which a person is suited",
          "word": "مِهْنَة"
        },
        {
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          "code": "arz",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "mihna",
          "sense": "occupation for which a person is suited",
          "tags": [
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            "feminine"
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          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "kočʿum",
          "sense": "occupation for which a person is suited",
          "word": "կոչում"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 94",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "zanimanie",
          "sense": "occupation for which a person is suited",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "занимание"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 94",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "profesija",
          "sense": "occupation for which a person is suited",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "професия"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "occupation for which a person is suited",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "vocació"
        },
        {
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "occupation for which a person is suited",
          "word": "職業"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 94",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zhíyè",
          "sense": "occupation for which a person is suited",
          "word": "职业"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 94",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "occupation for which a person is suited",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "povolání"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 94",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "occupation for which a person is suited",
          "word": "alvokiĝo"
        },
        {
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "occupation for which a person is suited",
          "word": "ammatti"
        },
        {
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "occupation for which a person is suited",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
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          "_dis1": "6 94",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "moc̣odeba",
          "sense": "occupation for which a person is suited",
          "word": "მოწოდება"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "xeloba",
          "sense": "occupation for which a person is suited",
          "word": "ხელობა"
        },
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "occupation for which a person is suited",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Beruf"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 94",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "epángelma",
          "sense": "occupation for which a person is suited",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "επάγγελμα"
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        {
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          "sense": "occupation for which a person is suited",
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          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "occupation for which a person is suited",
          "word": "vokasi"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "occupation for which a person is suited",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "vocazione"
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          "word": "天職"
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          "code": "nrf",
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          "sense": "occupation for which a person is suited",
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          ],
          "word": "vocâtion"
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          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "occupation for which a person is suited",
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            "neuter"
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          "word": "powołanie"
        },
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          "_dis1": "6 94",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "occupation for which a person is suited",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "posłannictwo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 94",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "occupation for which a person is suited",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "vocação"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 94",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "occupation for which a person is suited",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ocupație"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 94",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "occupation for which a person is suited",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "vocație"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "prizvánije",
          "sense": "occupation for which a person is suited",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "призва́ние"
        },
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          "_dis1": "6 94",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "occupation for which a person is suited",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "dreuchd"
        },
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          "_dis1": "6 94",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "occupation for which a person is suited",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "profesión"
        },
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "occupation for which a person is suited",
          "word": "kall"
        }
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      "ipa": "/voʊˈkeɪʃən/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "risāla",
      "sense": "calling",
      "word": "رِسَالَة"
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      "sense": "calling",
      "word": "اختيار لغرض دينيّ"
    },
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "calling",
      "word": "دعوَة"
    },
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
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      "sense": "calling",
      "word": "կոչում"
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "hakum",
      "sense": "calling",
      "word": "հակում"
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
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      "sense": "calling",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "призва́ние"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
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      "sense": "calling",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "влечение"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "calling",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vocació"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "calling",
      "word": "天職"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tiānzhí",
      "sense": "calling",
      "word": "天职"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "calling",
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        "neuter"
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "calling",
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "calling",
      "word": "alvokiĝo"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "calling",
      "word": "elämäntehtävä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "calling",
      "word": "kutsumus"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "calling",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "vocation"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ṗropesia",
      "sense": "calling",
      "word": "პროფესია"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "xeloba",
      "sense": "calling",
      "word": "ხელობა"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "moc̣odeba",
      "sense": "calling",
      "word": "მოწოდება"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "calling",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Berufung"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "klísi",
      "sense": "calling",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "κλίση"
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "calling",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "ja",
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      "sense": "calling",
      "word": "天職"
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      "sense": "calling",
      "tags": [
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      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "calling",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "kall"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "calling",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vocação"
    },
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "calling",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "vocație"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "calling",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "predispoziție"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "calling",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chemare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prizvánije",
      "sense": "calling",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "призва́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "calling",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vocación"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "calling",
      "word": "kall"
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    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "calling",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "galwedigaeth"
    },
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḥirfa",
      "sense": "occupation for which a person is suited",
      "word": "حِرْفَة"
    },
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "mihna",
      "sense": "occupation for which a person is suited",
      "word": "مِهْنَة"
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      "code": "arz",
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      "roman": "mihna",
      "sense": "occupation for which a person is suited",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "مهنة"
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      "code": "hy",
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      "roman": "kočʿum",
      "sense": "occupation for which a person is suited",
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    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zanimanie",
      "sense": "occupation for which a person is suited",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "занимание"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "profesija",
      "sense": "occupation for which a person is suited",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "професия"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "occupation for which a person is suited",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vocació"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "occupation for which a person is suited",
      "word": "職業"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhíyè",
      "sense": "occupation for which a person is suited",
      "word": "职业"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "occupation for which a person is suited",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "povolání"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "occupation for which a person is suited",
      "word": "alvokiĝo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "occupation for which a person is suited",
      "word": "ammatti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "occupation for which a person is suited",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vocation"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "moc̣odeba",
      "sense": "occupation for which a person is suited",
      "word": "მოწოდება"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "xeloba",
      "sense": "occupation for which a person is suited",
      "word": "ხელობა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "occupation for which a person is suited",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Beruf"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "epángelma",
      "sense": "occupation for which a person is suited",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "επάγγελμα"
    },
    {
      "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"
    }
  ],
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    "vocation"
  ],
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}

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