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occupation
Noun
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An occupation is a job or a career.
Nursing has been described as a skilled occupation rather than a profession.
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An occupation is when a people, especially an army, take over and stay in a country, area, building, etc.
Everything he owned was taken during the German occupation of Paris in 1940.
The areas under occupation contained rich farm lands as well as the industrialised sectors of Russian Poland.
The house on the hill had no lights and no signs of occupation.
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An occupation is a hobby or something else that you do to pass the time.
Her favorite occupation is reading.
authority
Noun
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To have authority means to have the power to make a decision.
This judge has the authority to throw you in jail.
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If you are an authority on something, many people think you know very, very much about it.
The Pope is the highest authority in the Catholic church.