vocation

vo·ca·tion  (v-kshn)

n.

1. A regular occupation, especially one for which a person is particularly suited or qualified.

2. An inclination, as if in response to a summons, to undertake a certain kind of work, especially a religious career; a calling.

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[Middle English vocacioun, divine call to a religious life, from Old French vocation, from Latin vocti, voctin-, a calling, from voctus, past participle of vocre, to call; see wek^w- in Indo-European roots.]

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vocation [vəʊˈkeɪʃən]

n

1. a specified occupation, profession, or trade

2.

a.  a special urge, inclination, or predisposition to a particular calling or career, esp a religious one

b.  such a calling or career

[from Latin vocātiō a calling, from vocāre to call]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	vocation - the particular occupation for which you are trained calling, career job, line of work, occupation, business, line - the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; "he's not in my line of business" specialism, specialization, specialty, speciality, specialisation - the special line of work you have adopted as your career; "his specialization is gastroenterology" lifework - the principal work of your career walk of life, walk - careers in general; "it happens in all walks of life" business life, professional life - a career in industrial or commercial or professional activities
	2.	vocation - a body of people doing the same kind of work occupational group body - a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity; "the whole body filed out of the auditorium"; "the student body"; "administrative body" profession - the body of people in a learned occupation; "the news spread rapidly through the medical profession"; "they formed a community of scientists" press corps - a group of journalists representing different publications who all cover the same topics; "the White House press corps"

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vocation

noun profession, calling, job, business, office, trade, role, post, career, mission, employment, pursuit, life work, métier the levels of knowledge and skill required for success in many vocations

Quotations
"Many are called, but few are chosen" Bible: St. Matthew

Translations

vocation [vəʊˈkeɪʃən] N (= calling) → vocación f; (= profession) → profesión f, carrera f
to have a vocation for art → tener vocación por el arte
he has missed his vocation → se ha equivocado de carrera

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vocation [vəʊˈkeɪʃ^ən] n → vocation f
to find one's vocation → trouver sa vocation

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vocation

n

(Rel etc) → Berufung f; (form: = profession) → Beruf m; to have a vocation for teaching → zum Lehrer berufen sein

(= aptitude) → Begabung f, → Talent nt

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vocation [vəʊˈkeɪʃ/ən] n → vocazione f
to have a vocation for teaching → avere la vocazione dell'insegnamento

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vocation [vəʊˈkeɪʃ/ən] n → vocazione f
to have a vocation for teaching → avere la vocazione dell'insegnamento

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vocation

n vocation [vəˈkeiʃən, (American ) vou-]

1 a feeling of having been called (by God), or born etc, to do a particular type of work He had a sense of vocation about his work as a doctor. beroep, roeping دَعْوَة إلى الكَهْنوت، نِداء призвание poslání kald die Berufung αποστολή vocación kutsumus احساس وظیفه kutsumus vocation שְׁלִיחוּת, יִיעוּד व्यवसाय duhovno zvanje elhivatottság panggilan hidup köllun vocazione 使命 하느님의 부르심 pašaukimas aicinājums mendapat seru roeping kall powołanie vocação vo­caţie призвание poslanie dar božji poziv kall, kallelse เสียงเรียกร้องจากพระเจ้า; ความจำใจ yatkınlık, yetenek 神召，天職 покликання باطني آواز năng khiếu 神召，天命, 天职

2 the work done, profession entered etc (as a result of such a feeling) Nursing is her vocation; Many people regard teaching as a vocation. beroep وَظيفَه، مِهْنَه професия poslání kald die Berufung λειτούργημα, επάγγελμα vocación kutsetöö شغل ammatti vocation מִקצוֹעַ व्यवसाय zvanje hivatás pekerjaan köllun; starfsgrein, fag vocazione 天職 직업 pašaukimas profesija; nodarbošanās kerjaya roeping yrke, fag(område) powołanie vocação carieră призвание povolanie poslanstvo poziv kall วิชาชีพ meslek, iş 職業 покликання پيشہ thiên hướng 职业