See occupation in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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{ "forms": [ { "form": "occupation", "tags": [ "singular" ] }, { "form": "occupations", "tags": [ "plural" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "expansion": "[POS TABLE]", "name": "noun" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "noun", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "Countable nouns" ], "examples": [ { "text": "Nursing has been described as a skilled occupation rather than a profession." } ], "glosses": [ "An occupation is a job or a career." ], "raw_tags": [ "countable" ], "synonyms": [ { "word": "work" }, { "word": "position" }, { "word": "profession" } ] }, { "categories": [ "Countable nouns", "Uncountable nouns" ], "examples": [ { "text": "Everything he owned was taken during the German occupation of Paris in 1940." }, { "text": "The areas under occupation contained rich farm lands as well as the industrialized sectors of Russian Poland." }, { "text": "The house on the hill had no lights and no signs of occupation." } ], "glosses": [ "An occupation is when a people, especially an army, take over and stay in a country, area, building, etc." ], "raw_tags": [ "countable & uncountable" ], "synonyms": [ { "word": "occupancy" } ] }, { "categories": [ "Countable nouns" ], "examples": [ { "text": "Her favorite occupation is reading." } ], "glosses": [ "An occupation is a hobby or something else that you do to pass the time." ], "raw_tags": [ "countable" ], "synonyms": [ { "word": "pastime" } ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/ɑkjʊˈpeɪʃən/", "tags": [ "US" ] }, { "ipa": "/ɒkjʊˈpeɪʃən/", "tags": [ "UK" ] }, { "audio": "en-us-occupation.ogg", "tags": [ "US" ] } ], "word": "occupation" }
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