Occupations Meaning in English

word · lemma: occupation

US

ˌɑkjəˈpeɪʃənz

ahk-yuh-PAY-shunz

UK

ˌɒkjʊpˈeɪʃənz

ok-yuh-PAY-shunz

التعريف

Jobs or types of work that people do; someone's profession or regular employment.

الاستخدام والفروق الدقيقة

Usually formal or neutral. Common in surveys and forms (“list your occupations”). Often interchangeable with “professions” or “jobs,” though “occupation” can refer to any regular work, not just skilled ones.

• Spanish: ocupaciones - profesiones
• Portuguese (BR): ocupações - profissões
• Portuguese (PT): ocupações - profissões
• Chinese (Simplified): 职业 - 职业类别
• Chinese (Traditional): 職業 - 職業類別
• Hindi: पेशे - व्यवसाय
• Arabic: مهن - وظائف
• Bengali: পেশা - কর্মজীবন
• Russian: профессии - занятия
• Japanese: 職業
• Vietnamese: nghề nghiệp - công việc
• Korean: 직업
• Turkish: meslekler
• Urdu: پیشے - روزگار
• Indonesian: pekerjaan - profesi

جمل نموذجية

There are many different occupations in the world.

basic

Doctors and teachers have important occupations.

basic

He is learning about different occupations at school.

basic

Some occupations require years of training, while others can be started right away.

natural

His parents work in different occupations, so he learns a lot from each of them.

natural

On the census form, you have to list all your previous occupations.

natural