occupational

[ ok-yuh-pey-shuh-nl ]

adjective

1. of or relating to an occupation, trade, or calling:

   occupational guidance.

2. of or relating to occupation:

   occupational troops.

Other Words From

• occu·pation·al·ly adverb
• nonoc·cu·pation·al adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of occupational¹

First recorded in 1840–50; occupation + -al ¹

Example Sentences

That tells us student loans can tilt, at least in the early years, the occupational choices of students.

From Freakonomics

If you’re having trouble moving around or doing things you used to do, get a referral to a physical or occupational therapist.

From Washington Post

“We are talking about all that it makes up and about how it effects any person or any citizen in Spain, or children who have to get an education, occupational health and the judiciary,” added Fernández.

From Washington Blade

Schools also frequently are short of speech pathologists who coach special-needs children struggling to talk, or occupational and physical therapists who work with children struggling to walk or move around.

From Washington Post

These kinds of stressors and mental health issues must be considered occupational health issues.

From Time

So too are other issues of interest to both groups, ranging from school choice to sentencing reform to occupational licensing.

From The Daily Beast

There, occupational health and safety laws protect sex workers.

From The Daily Beast

The CDC Occupational Health Clinic is providing counseling, evaluations, and medication as necessary.

From The Daily Beast

“Sexual assault is not an occupational hazard,” Arbogast said.

From The Daily Beast

The bill allots up to 250,000 limits to certain occupational specialties.

From The Daily Beast

Immediate, certainly, is the demand of “middle class” women for larger occupational opportunities.

From Project Gutenberg

We have observed the postponement of marriage in its effect on the occupational opportunities of those daughters.

From Project Gutenberg

The subdivision was territorial instead of occupational and the government centralized.

From Project Gutenberg

This results in occupational differences, which are henceforth closely bound up with class distinctions.

From Project Gutenberg

If 'cedar asthma,' the shingle weaver's occupational disease, does not get him, the steel will.

From Project Gutenberg