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occupation

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishoccupacioun, borrowed fromMiddle Frenchoccupacion,occupation, fromLatinoccupātiō,occupātiōnis, fromoccupō(“occupy, seize”), ultimately fromProto-Indo-European*keh₂p-(“to seize, grab”).[1] Bysurface analysis,occupy +‎-ation.

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Noun

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occupation (countable anduncountable,pluraloccupations)

  1. Anactivity ortask with which oneoccupies oneself;usuallyspecifically the productive activity,service,trade, orcraft for which one isregularlypaid; ajob.
  2. The act,process or state of possessing a place.
    • 1960 February, R. C. Riley, “The London–Birmingham services – Past, Present and Future”, inTrains Illustrated, London:Ian Allan Publishing,→ISSN,→OCLC, page98:
      Last year it was announced that electrification of L.M.R. main lines was to be speeded up and that it would be essential for the engineers to have the longest possibleoccupation of the lines involved; this would mean some retrenchment of passenger train services.
  3. (geopolitics, military) Thecontrol of anation orregion by ahostilemilitary orparamilitaryforce.
    • 1999, Linda Flavell, Roger Flavell, “1066[:] The Normans Begin to Erect Castles”, indictionary of english down through the ages[:] words & phrases born out of historical events great & small,2005 edition, London: Kyle Cathie Limited,→ISBN, page17:
      The early years of Normanoccupation saw a frenzy of castle building.
    • 2012 April 23, Angelique Chrisafis, “François Hollande on top but far right scores record result in French election”, inThe Guardian‎[1]:
      The lawyer and twice-divorced mother of three had presented herself as the modern face of her party, trying to strip it of unsavoury overtones after her father's convictions for saying the Nazioccupation of France was not "particularly inhumane".

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Translations

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activity or task with which one occupies oneself
act, process or state of possessing a place
control of a country or region by a hostile army

References

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  1. ^“occupation,n.”, inOED OnlinePaid subscription required⁠, Oxford:Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

French

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing fromLatinoccupātiō,occupātiōnem. Bysurface analysis,occuper +‎-ation.

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Noun

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occupation f (pluraloccupations)

  1. occupation(act of occupying, of being an occupant)
  2. occupation(the occupying of a territory)
  3. occupation(something that one spends one's time on, such as a job or a hobby)
    Near-synonyms:activité,passe-temps

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