Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, relating to, or caused by engagement in a particular occupation.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to a particular occupation, calling, or trade: as, tables of occupational mortality.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to an occupation{3} or occupations{3}; caused by or incidental to an occupation{3}.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of, relating to, or caused by an
occupation
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to the activity or business for which you are trained
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Examples
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And their medical records show that doctors at Fort Bliss sent some of them to what they call occupational and speech therapies.
With Traumatic Brain Injuries, Soldiers Face Battle For Care 2010
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And their medical records show that doctors at Fort Bliss sent some of them to what they call occupational and speech therapies.
With Traumatic Brain Injuries, Soldiers Face Battle For Care 2010
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• Jobs for the Future will advance a supportive state policy framework to increase adult completion rates in occupational-technical credential programs in community colleges in three states.
Jamie Merisotis: Adult Degree Completion Commitment Jamie Merisotis 2010
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The occupational categories do not capture important subtle distinctions within occupational groups and, in any case, despite considerable offshoring to date, there doesn't seem to be an impact on the growth of these occupations in the US.
Offshorable Jobs, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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There is also less participation in occupational pension plans, anything not a CPP, by private sector employees.
Withler We Go From Here: The Future of Pension Reform : Law is Cool 2009
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Like every other intervention from these people it usually gets around to my health and someone says ‘who ate all the pies’ to me in occupational health speak, I think you have earned a rest mate, you sound a bit frayed around the edges, a week at hq should do it. on January 14, 2007 at 8: 08 am | Reply Totally un-Pc sir,
You Ain’t No Picasso « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2007
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He continues this sort of citation even when quoting from the 1891 census, a census that went out of its way to display the range of social subgroups within occupational labels.
Colonial Lists/Indian Power: Identity Politics in Nineteenth Century Telugu-Speaking India 2001
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Trivalent chromium, the form found in the diet, has very low toxicity and a great margin of safety, but hexavalent chromium is toxic, and long-term occupational exposure can lead to skin problems, perforated nasal septum, and lung cancer.
The Best Alternative Medicine Dr. Kenneth R. Pelletier 2000
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Trivalent chromium, the form found in the diet, has very low toxicity and a great margin of safety, but hexavalent chromium is toxic, and long-term occupational exposure can lead to skin problems, perforated nasal septum, and lung cancer.
The Best Alternative Medicine Dr. Kenneth R. Pelletier 2000
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Teachers make up about 16 percent of the 37 million people in the United States who are dubbed "occupational voice users," which includes air traffic controllers, emergency dispatchers and telephone customer service representatives, said Eric J. Hunter, deputy executive director of the National Center for Voice and Speech.
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