OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 4632

occupation

/ˌɒkjʊˈpeɪʃən/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
ocupación • profesión
An activity or task with which one occupies oneself; usually specifically the productive activity, service, trade, or craft for which one is regularly paid; a job.
ocupación
The act, process or state of possessing a place.
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 possible occupation o…
ocupación
The control of a nation or region by a hostile military or paramilitary force.
The early years of Norman occupation saw a frenzy of castle building.
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 sa…
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