Vocation - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|vəʊˈkeɪʃn|
Brit.
|və(ʊ)ˈkeɪʃ(ə)n|
noun
- the particular occupation for which you are trained (syn: calling, career)
- a body of people doing the same kind of work
- a body of people doing the same kind of work
Extra examples
This isn't just a job for me; it's a vocation.
He never felt a real sense of vocation.
I'm a carpenter by vocation, but my hobby is painting.
Jan has a vocation for teaching.
You missed your vocation (=you would have been good at a particular job).
At 17 she found her true vocation as a writer.
He followed his vocation and became an accountant.
My father saw medicine as his vocation.
He had a strong sense of responsibility to his vocation of preaching.
Word forms
noun
singular: vocation
plural: vocations
singular: vocation
plural: vocations
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