Questions about example sentences with, and the definition and usage of "Occupation"

A: An occupation is your job/work/profession. What you occupy yourself with. Even being a student can be considered an occupation, technically. But most uses refer to work & profession.

A: an occupation is a job

A: It’s another word for Job = Trabalho

A: it means job :)

A: employment position.

A: thank you!!

A: Yes, they are very close synonyms. Occupation has a slightly more official/legal connotation.

When meeting strangers, asking about their profession is an easy way to make conversation and learn about them.

A: Name: Alfred Hitchcock. Occupation: Producer. Producer of what? Goosebumps.

A: @Eliza206 It mean two things.

1 Work/job - His official occupation was architect

2. under military control - Korean was under Japanese occupation in 1945

A: They are fairly similar in some contexts, but:

Occupation = what occupies your time.
Job = an individual piece of work or contract, or ("permanent job") an ongoing work at the same place or in the same role.
Employment is ... sort of the ongoing process of having one or more jobs to do (it's literal meaning is more or less synonymous with "use", "usage", "utilisation" ...).
Profession originally meant that you (at least potentially) were a "professor" - and that it had to be taught (again, by a professor). It's a funny word because it also sort of means that it's "what you say you are" (what you "profess" to be).

A: Occupation can mean your career (Field of work).

Job can simply be about what you do at work.


For example:
My occupation is computer engineering.

My job is to fix computers.

A: Your occupation is what you are currently doing - usually your job or career.

Your calling is what you were destined to do, or what makes you the most happy, or what suits your personality the best.

"Right now I am using nursing as a temporary occupation, but my true calling is music. Someday I hope to make a living as a composer!"

A: Occupation - the type/field of work. It might need specialise d training, but not specialised education.

Profession - type/field if work which requires specialised education from college or university.

Example:
My dad's occupation is a fireman, but he's a lawyer by profession. I guess he prefers fighting fires that arguing with people.

A: "What is your occupation?" Formal, but not commonly used. "What do you do for work?" A little less formal, but more common.

A: Okkupéshon

A: Occupation

A: Occupation could also mean work or job

A: I usually say- What do you do for a living? or What do you do?

"what do you work as?" is very strange to me. I never say that.

A: Sounds great!

A: What do you do for work? What's your occupation sounds cold and formal, like something you'd see on a government form.

A: What is your occupation?

A: Wow, your english is so good!
I think that the most important occupation is doctor, because they cure and take care of the population, but in my country (Mexico) these services are very bad and expensive.

A: Semiconductor Plant Maintenance.

Or...

Semiconductor Fabrication Plant Maintenance and Repair.