What does occupation mean?
Word: Occupation
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Occupation means a person's job, or the work they do for a living. It can also mean the act of living in or using a place.
Synonyms: job, work, career
Antonyms: unemployment
How do you spell occupation?
Syllables: oc - cu - pa - tion
Tricky part: There are two c's at the start: students drop one and write ocupation.
Watch out for: ocupation, occupasion, accupation
Memory tip: Occupation opens like occasion and occur: o and then a double c.
Occupation in a sentence
Example 1: My aunt's occupation is nursing at the district hospital.
Example 2: Fishing is the main occupation of the village.
Example 3: The old house showed no signs of occupation.
Fun Fact
Farming is still the occupation of a large share of India's workers, close to half of them according to government surveys.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell-o-Spell
Read the four words. Choose the meaning of the only correctly spelt word:
1. carpentar 2. tailer 3. occupation 4. electrision
a) a person who fits and repairs wiring
b) a person who makes things from wood
c) a person who makes clothes to fit
d) the work a person does for a living
Show answer
d) the work a person does for a living. Carpentar has a where e belongs, tailer has e where o belongs and electrision ends in sion where cian belongs; occupation is the only correct word.
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
occuppation
a) u
b) c
c) t
d) p
Show answer
d) p. Only one p follows the u; the second p is not needed.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word occupation as used in the sentence:
Teaching has been Mrs Rao's occupation for twenty years.
a) hobby
b) address
c) income
d) profession
Show answer
d) profession. A profession is the work someone is trained for and does for a living, the sense here.
Mingle-Mangle
Unjumble the letters to find the word that fits the sentence:
Please write each parent's tnupaccoio on the admission form.
a) occupation
b) population
c) accusation
d) vocation
Show answer
a) occupation. Accusation needs an s, population an l and vocation a v; only occupation uses two c's and a p.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which question asks about a person's occupation?
a) What do you do for a living?
b) Which city do you live in?
c) How old will you be next year?
d) When is your next birthday?
Show answer
a) What do you do for a living?
2. In 'the hall is free for occupation from Monday', occupation means ____.
a) being cleaned and painted
b) being used or lived in
c) being sold to a buyer
d) being shown on a map
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b) being used or lived in
