Definitions for occupation
Overview of noun occupation
The noun occupation has 5 senses? (first 4 from tagged texts)
1. (7) occupation, business, job, line of work, line
(the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; "he's not in my line of business")
2. (1) occupation, military control
(the control of a country by military forces of a foreign power)
3. (1) occupation
(any activity that occupies a person's attention; "he missed the bell in his occupation with the computer game")
4. (1) occupation, occupancy, moving in
(the act of occupying or taking possession of a building; "occupation of a building without a certificate of occupancy is illegal")
5. occupation
(the period of time during which a place or position or nation is occupied; "during the German occupation of Paris")
