vocation
26
5.6
- noun
- /voʊˈkeɪʃən/
:
vocación
- Choosing a career that aligns with your passion can turn work into a lifelong vocation.
- sense of vocation
- artistic vocation
- vocation as a writer
My goal in living is to unite my vocation with my avocation.
- My goal in living is to unite my vocation with my avocation.
- You know, don't let anybody take the art out of your vocation.
- He considers the possibility of a priestly vocation.
- You know, how can I make myself and the act of being alive my vocation?
- And I I think that, you know, I I yeah, I think for me, it's more of a vocation than just a job.
- And so the thing I wanted to talk to my kids about was just what it is, is a vocation.
- I like to think that art chooses the artist, but in recent years the artist has chosen art as a vocation.
- So I feel that AI can truly transform the human condition from realizing that we don't have jobs anymore, we now have vocations.
- If you have a vocation or a creative endeavor that is so compelling that you want to don't to to devote yourself to it.
- And if it's your vocation, you know, that you get paid to do it.
- It might be nutrition, it might be finance, it might be vocation and then equip them.
Examples
-
But he never finished his education, never went home, because... he found his vocation.
-
Furthermore, to his credit, Henry believes in his vocation as a teacher.
Academic text (1993) -
And I I think that, you know, I I yeah, I think for me, it's more of a vocation than just a job.
-
Every career, every vocation has people that are good at that job and people that are not good at that job.
-
Thank God my vocation gives me such pleasure.
-
May you discover meaning in your vocation, even inspiration in your life work.
-
Only her dedication and passion for her vocation keeps her going.
-
In marriage and maternity, Virginia has found her vocation.
-
In terms of vocation, adolescents must understand that there is not only one way or one vocation.
Academic text (2015) -
From his earliest years, Wigner knew his vocation was science, and he deeply knew of his own worth.
Academic text (1995)
Synonyms
333
3.9
A job someone feels they are made for
A very strong feeling that you must do a certain job
Antonyms
How Strong
Surface Forms
Morphology
vocation = voc (opaque) = voc + ation
The base morpheme 'voc-' is not a familiar standalone English word, so learners cannot reliably infer the meaning 'calling/profession' from the pieces.
Etymology
Vocation comes from the Latin vocare, which means 'to call', so it began as the idea of a 'calling' someone feels to a particular life work. That's why today a vocation is a job or career you feel especially suited to or drawn to.