occupation

noun/ˌɒkjʊˈpeɪʃən/CEFR B1

পেশা, জীবিকা

Meaning

A person's regular job or main activity for a living.

Example sentences

State your occupation on the form.ফর্মে আপনার পেশা উল্লেখ করুন।
Farming is his main occupation.কৃষিকাজ তার প্রধান পেশা।

Synonyms & antonyms

Synonyms: job, trade

Similar words, and what each means

job
চাকরি, কাজ
Work that someone does regularly to earn money.
trade
ব্যবসা করা, বিনিময় করা
To buy and sell goods, or to exchange one thing for another.
profession
পেশা, বৃত্তি
A job that needs special training and higher education.

Other English words for “পেশা, জীবিকা”

career
The work or series of jobs a person does through their working life.
profession
A job that needs special training and higher education.
vocation
A type of work somebody feels called to do, especially to help others.
livelihood
The way a person earns the money they live on.

Word family

Words built on the same root. Learning them together is faster than learning them apart.

occupyverbদখল করা; জায়গা নেওয়া; ব্যস্ত রাখা
occupiedadjectiveদখলকৃত; ব্যস্ত
occupiernounদখলদার শক্তি; বাসিন্দা

“occupation” elsewhere on EnglishBD

Enough to be checkable — occupation, monthly income, rent, number of dependants.
Application for Full-free Studentship →
On the form she wrote homemaker under occupation.
housewife — dictionary →

Where this word is used

Check yourself

“occupation” — এর বাংলা অর্থ কোনটি?
- • কসাই, মাংস বিক্রেতা
- • ট্রাক, মালবাহী গাড়ি
- • পাঠ, শিক্ষা
- • পেশা, জীবিকা
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পেশা, জীবিকা — occupation (noun) — পেশা, জীবিকা. A person's regular job or main activity for a living.
Which word is closest in meaning to “occupation”?
- • oblong
- • populace
- • reliance
- • job
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job — job — চাকরি, কাজ. Work that someone does regularly to earn money.

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