Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - vocation
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Vocation
vocation
~ n 1 a job that you do because you have a very strong feeling that doing this job is the purpose of your life, and especially because you want to help other people (Teaching isn't just a job - it's a vocation. | find your vocation She felt that she had found her vocation when she began writing children's books.) (- see job) 2 a special ability to do a particular job or activity, especially one that gives service to other people + for (He has a vocation for teaching.) 3 a strong belief that you have been chosen by God to be a priest or a nun (a vocation for the priesthood:; calling)
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(vocations) 1. 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. It could well be that he has a real vocation... Diana was a young mission school teacher convinced of her vocation to provide support for her schoolgirl pupils. N-VAR 2. If you refer to your job or profession as your vocation, you feel that you are particularly suited to it. Her vocation is her work as an actress... N-VAR: oft poss N ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun Etymology: Middle English vocacioun, from Anglo-French vocaciun, from Latin ~-, vocatio summons, from vocare to call, from vox voice — more at voice Date: 15th century 1. a. a summons or strong inclination to a particular state or course of action; especially a divine call to the religious life b. an entry into the priesthood or a religious order 2. a. the work in which a person is regularly employed ; occupation b. the persons engaged in a particular occupation 3. the special function of an individual or group ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 a strong feeling of fitness for a particular career or occupation (in religious contexts regarded as a divine call). 2 a a person's employment, esp. regarded as requiring dedication. b a trade or profession. Etymology: ME f. OF vocation or L vocatio f. vocare call ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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сущ. 1) общ. призвание, склонность (к чему-л.) vocation for teaching — призвание к педагогической деятельности He followed his vocation and became an accountant. — Он последовал своей склонности и стал бухгалтером. My father saw medicine as his vocation. — Мой отец считал медицину своим призванием. 2) эк. тр. профессия; род занятий to mistake one's vocation — ошибиться в выборе профессии VOCATION сущ. профессия ...Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
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1. призвание, склонность (к чему-л.) vocation for teaching —- призвание к педагогической деятельности no vocation to literature —- никакой склонности к литературе he has never had the sense of vocation —- он никогда не чувствовал призвания (к чему-л.) 2. (тк. в ед. ч.) рел. призвание свыше 3. род занятий, профессия to choose medicine as one's vocation —- избрать своей профессией медицину he mistook his vocation —- он ошибся в выборе профессии 4. лица определенной профессии ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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noun 1) призвание; склонность (for - к чему-л.); he has little or no vocation for teaching - у него душа не лежит к профессии учителя 2) профессия; to mistake ones vocation - ошибиться в выборе профессии Syn: see profession ...Англо-русский словарь
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- early 15c., "spiritual calling," from L. vocationem (nom. vocatio), lit. "a calling," from vocare "to call." Sense of "one's occupation or profession" is first attested 1553. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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