occupation
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
he's not in my line of business
Types & categories
- activity hypernym
- confectionery hyponym
- sport hyponym
- farming hyponym
- biz hyponym
- career hyponym
- employment hyponym
- appointment hyponym
- berth hyponym
- salt mine hyponym
- craft hyponym
- profession hyponym
- metier hyponym
- accountancy hyponym
- photography hyponym
- catering hyponym
Related & opposite
- engage derivation
Sense 2 noun
the control of a country by military forces of a foreign power
Types & categories
- social control hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
any activity that occupies a person's attention
he missed the bell in his occupation with the computer game
Types & categories
- activity hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 noun
the act of occupying or taking possession of a building
occupation of a building without a certificate of occupancy is illegal
Types & categories
- acquiring hypernym
- preoccupancy hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
the period of time during which a place or position or nation is occupied
during the German occupation of Paris
Types & categories
- period hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | engage |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | activity |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | confectionery |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sport |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | farming |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | biz |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | career |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | employment |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | appointment |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | berth |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | salt mine |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | craft |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | profession |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | metier |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | accountancy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | photography |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | catering |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | invade |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | military |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | social control |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | engage |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | occupy |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | interest |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | activity |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | resident |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | lodge in |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | acquiring |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | preoccupancy |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | take |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | fill |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | period |