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occupation

Noun A2 – Elementary

A person's job or profession, or the act of a country's military controlling another territory.

"He listed "teacher" as his occupation on the form."

"Occupation" also describes one country's armed forces controlling another's territory, a very different sense from a person's job.

Synonyms

profession job