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- Dictionaryvocation/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"
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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.
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?
noun. a particular occupation, business, or profession; calling. Synonyms: pursuit, employment. a strong impulse or inclination to follow a particular activity or career. a divine call to God's service or to the Christian life. a function or station in life to which one is called by God: the religious vocation; the vocation of marriage. vocation.
a type of work that you feel you are suited to doing and to which you should give all your time and energy, or the feeling that a type of work suits you in this way: I feel I've found / missed my true vocation. Most teachers regard their profession as a vocation, not just a job. To work in medicine, you should have a vocation for it. Synonym.
If you have a vocation, you have a strong feeling that you are especially suited to do a particular job or to fulfil a particular role in life, especially one which involves helping other people.
noun. /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. You missed your vocation—you should have been an actor. Collocations Jobs. Extra Examples. Oxford Collocations Dictionary.
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.
