a male/female occupation (=a job that traditionally is done by men or women ) traditional female occupations such as nursing managerial occupations (=a job that involves being a manager ) Women in managerial occupations tend to have children later. Working-class occupations may be divided into skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled. a working-class/middle-class occupation Teaching is regarded as a middle-class occupation. Workers in unskilled occupations are finding fewer job opportunities. skilled/unskilled occupations (=needing training and experience/not needing training and experience ) Plumbing and carpentry are highly skilled occupations. professional occupations/white-collar occupations (=jobs that usually involve a lot of education ) professional occupations such as medicine or the law Teachers’ pay compares poorly with that of other white-collar occupations. COLLOCATIONS adjectives ADJECTIVES/NOUN + occupation manual occupations/blue-collar occupations (=jobs in which you work using your hands ) People from manual occupations are most at risk of experiencing poverty. 4 LIVE SOMEWHERE when someone lives or stays in a building or place When the first scientists came to the region they found little evidence of human occupation. 3 SPEND TIME a way of spending your time SYN pastime One of my childhood occupations was collecting stamps. professional and managerial occupations manual occupations ► see thesaurus at job 2 PM ENTER when a large group of people enter a place and take control of it, especially by military force occupation of the German occupation of France under occupation The area is under occupation (=controlled by a foreign army ). S3 W3 AWL noun 1 BO JOB/WORK a job or profession Please state your name, address and occupation.
Occupy From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Occupations, Military occupation oc‧cu‧pa‧tion / ˌɒkjəˈpeɪʃ ən $ ˌɑːk- /
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