What part of speech is occupations?

Occupations can be categorized as a noun.

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Parts of speech

Inflections

Noun

What does occupations mean?

Definitions

Noun

occupation - the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; "he's not in my line of business"
occupation - the act of occupying or taking possession of a building; "occupation of a building without a certificate of occupancy is illegal"
occupation - any activity that occupies a person's attention; "he missed the bell in his occupation with the computer game"
occupation - the control of a country by military forces of a foreign power
occupation - the period of time during which a place or position or nation is occupied; "during the German occupation of Paris"

Examples of occupations

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1. noun The promotion by the pro-Zionist right of twin occupations - in the West Bank and in Iraq - has profoundly weakened, not strengthened, Israeli security.
2. noun He maintained that all occupations should be open to women.
3. noun It is now a fully accepted idea that all occupations should be open to women.
4. noun The character of men depends more on their occupations than on any teaching we can give them.
5. noun Age discrimination is illegal and retirement is mandatory in only a few occupations.
6. noun Stock-raising is one of the farmer's occupations and the animals are carefully selected according to their breed.
7. noun Cattle breeding is one of the farmer's occupations and the animals are carefully selected according to their breed.
8. noun The lawgivers wanted women to work in traditionally male occupations. Equally importantly, the lawgivers wanted men to work in traditionally female occupations.
9. noun The search for the truth is the most noble of occupations, and its publication, a duty.
10. noun Never has youth been exposed to such dangers of both perversion and arrest as in our own land and day. Increasing urban life with its temptations, prematurities, sedentary occupations, and passive stimuli just when an active life is most needed, early emancipation and a lessening sense for both duty and discipline, the haste to know and do all befitting man's estate before its time, the mad rush for sudden wealth and the reckless fashions set by its gilded youth--all these lack some of the regulatives they still have in older lands with more conservative conditions.
11. noun A pernicious excitement to learn and play chess has spread all over the country, and numerous clubs for practicing this game have been formed in cities and villages...chess is a mere amusement of a very inferior character, which robs the mind of valuable time that might be devoted to nobler acquirements, while it affords no benefit whatever to the body. Chess has acquired a high reputation as being a means to discipline the mind, but persons engaged in sedentary occupations should never practice this cheerless game; they require out-door exercises--not this sort of mental gladiatorship.
12. noun These are all my occupations!
13. noun Personal care and services occupations are the fastest growing segment of the job market for non-college-educated workers, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. These jobs are expected to grow 17% in the next decade, resulting in more than 1 million new jobs.
14. noun AI might create entirely new jobs and occupations for humans.
15. noun In the West, at least, being able to describe details is highly valued in all occupations especially in STEM and social sciences, something a symbolic language like emojis can never live up to.
Sentence  
noun
The promotion by the pro-Zionist right of twin occupations - in the West Bank and in Iraq - has profoundly weakened, not strengthened, Israeli security.
He maintained that all occupations should be open to women.
It is now a fully accepted idea that all occupations should be open to women.
The character of men depends more on their occupations than on any teaching we can give them.
Age discrimination is illegal and retirement is mandatory in only a few occupations.
Stock-raising is one of the farmer's occupations and the animals are carefully selected according to their breed.
Cattle breeding is one of the farmer's occupations and the animals are carefully selected according to their breed.
The lawgivers wanted women to work in traditionally male occupations. Equally importantly, the lawgivers wanted men to work in traditionally female occupations.
The search for the truth is the most noble of occupations, and its publication, a duty.
Never has youth been exposed to such dangers of both perversion and arrest as in our own land and day. Increasing urban life with its temptations, prematurities, sedentary occupations, and passive stimuli just when an active life is most needed, early emancipation and a lessening sense for both duty and discipline, the haste to know and do all befitting man's estate before its time, the mad rush for sudden wealth and the reckless fashions set by its gilded youth--all these lack some of the regulatives they still have in older lands with more conservative conditions.
A pernicious excitement to learn and play chess has spread all over the country, and numerous clubs for practicing this game have been formed in cities and villages...chess is a mere amusement of a very inferior character, which robs the mind of valuable time that might be devoted to nobler acquirements, while it affords no benefit whatever to the body. Chess has acquired a high reputation as being a means to discipline the mind, but persons engaged in sedentary occupations should never practice this cheerless game; they require out-door exercises--not this sort of mental gladiatorship.
These are all my occupations!
Personal care and services occupations are the fastest growing segment of the job market for non-college-educated workers, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. These jobs are expected to grow 17% in the next decade, resulting in more than 1 million new jobs.
AI might create entirely new jobs and occupations for humans.
In the West, at least, being able to describe details is highly valued in all occupations especially in STEM and social sciences, something a symbolic language like emojis can never live up to.

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