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Synonyms for occupational


Grammar : Adj
Spell : ok-yuh-pey-shuh-nl
Phonetic Transcription : ˌɒk yəˈpeɪ ʃə nl



Définition of occupational

Origin :
  • 1850, from occupation + -al (1). Occupational therapy is attested by 1918; occupational risk by 1951. Related: Occupationally.
  • adj pertaining to work
Example sentences :
  • The occupational basis is not quite satisfactory as applied to the richest class.
  • Extract from : « Socialism » by John Spargo
  • We didn't much talk about it; we chalked it off as occupational hazards.
  • Extract from : « The Hunted Heroes » by Robert Silverberg
  • This occupational change has resulted in loss to this country.
  • Extract from : « A Stake in the Land » by Peter Alexander Speek
  • Similarly, there is a characteristic variety of occupational activity, a style of workmanship, a way of doing business.
  • Extract from : « Civics: as Applied Sociology » by Patrick Geddes
  • Providing compensation for federal employees suffering injury or occupational diseases in the course of their employment.
  • Extract from : « The Survey, Volume XXX, Number 1, April 5, 1913 » by Various
  • The solicitor has passed upon other cases of occupational disease, with some decidedly interesting results.
  • Extract from : « The Survey, Volume XXX, Number 1, April 5, 1913 » by Various
  • We have observed the postponement of marriage in its effect on the occupational opportunities of those daughters.
  • Extract from : « The Women of Tomorrow » by William Hard
  • Occupational limitations are observed, as we have already seen, by many modern castes.
  • Extract from : « India, Its Life and Thought » by John P. Jones
  • He needs help in choosing a job, because self-identification is dependent upon some kind of occupational identity.
  • Extract from : « Herein is Love » by Reuel L. Howe
  • Some of these castes are purely Dravidian, and the names have evidently been used in their occupational sense.
  • Extract from : « Castes and Tribes of Southern India » by Edgar Thurston

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