how to pronounce occupation

/ˌɑːkjəˈpɛɪʃən/

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occupation is pronounced in four syllables

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An example use of occupation in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… throughout the occupation what happened …”

meaning of occupation

Occupation is the act of carrying out a profession or undertaking.

occupation frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word occupation occurs in english on average 9.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics occupation can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that occupation can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;