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   vocation

   /və(ʊ)ˈkeɪʃn/

   noun

   • 1. a strong feeling of suitability for a particular career or occupation: "not all of us have a vocation to be nurses or doctors"
   • ▪ a person's employment or main occupation, especially regarded as worthy and requiring dedication: "her vocation as a poet"
   • ▪ a trade or profession: "GNVQs in Leisure and Tourism will be the introduction to a wide span of vocations"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin vocatio(n-), from vocare ‘to call’.

   Scrabble Points: 13

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   The meaning of VOCATION is a summons or strong inclination to a particular state or course of action; especially : a divine call to the religious life. How to use vocation in a sentence. Did you know?

3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishVOCATION | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   VOCATION definition: 1. a type of work that you feel you are suited to doing and to which you should give all your time…. Learn more.

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   a particular occupation, business, or profession; calling. a strong impulse or inclination to follow a particular activity or career. a divine call to God's service or to the Christian life. the religious vocation; the vocation of marriage.

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   VOCATION meaning: 1. a type of work that you feel you are suited to doing and to which you should give all your time…. Learn more.

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   A vocation (from Latin vocatio 'a call, summons') is an occupation to which a person is especially drawn or for which they are suited, trained or qualified. Though now often used in non-religious contexts, the meanings of the term originated in Christianity .

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   Unless you can find someone to pay you to sip fancy tropical drinks on the beach, your vocation is not likely to be a vacation. Rather, the word means something you know how to do––or what you do for a living.

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   vocation. noun. /vəʊˈkeɪʃn/. /vəʊˈkeɪʃn/. [countable] a type of work or way of life that you believe is especially suitable for you synonym calling. Nursing is not just a job—it's a vocation. She believes that she has found her true vocation in life.