1 [C] (especially written) a job or profession:
Please state your name, age and occupation below.
2 [C] the way in which you spend your time, especially when you are not working:
Her main occupation seems to be shopping.
3 [U] the act of moving into a country, town, etc. and taking control of it using military force; the period of time during which a country, town, etc. is controlled in this way:
the Roman occupation of Britain * The areas under occupation contained major industrial areas. * occupation forces
4 [U] (written) the act of living in or using a building, room, piece of land, etc:
The offices will be ready for occupation in June. * The following applies only to tenants in occupation after January 1 1997. * The level of owner occupation (= people owning their homes) has increased rapidly in the last 30 years.
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In this entry, occupation is tagged as noun.
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