- a person's usual or principal work or business, especially as a means of earning a living; vocation: Her occupation was dentistry.
- any activity in which a person is engaged.
- possession, settlement, or use of land or property.
- the act of occupying, possessing, or settling.
- the state of being occupied, taken over, or settled.
- the state of being busy: His constant occupation with his writing has cut severely into his social life.
- the seizure and control of an area by military forces, especially foreign territory.
- the term of control of a territory by foreign military forces: Danish resistance during the German occupation.
- tenure or the holding of an office or official function: during his occupation of the vice presidency.
- the act of going into and taking control of a public or private space, as a park or building, especially as an act of protest: The students' week-long occupation of the dean's office brought about a change in the university's curfew policy.
- the state or condition of living or working in a given place: The landlord will not allow occupation of any of his apartments by families with children or pets.
- a person's regular work or profession; job or principal activity
- any activity on which time is spent by a person
- the act of occupying or the state of being occupied
- the control of a country by a foreign military power
- the period of time that a nation, place, or position is occupied
- for the use of the occupier of a particular property
