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occupation

noun/ˌɒkjʊˈpeɪʃən/

A1CEFR level
5/100Rarity: common
TechnicalRegister

In therapy, any meaningful everyday activity a person needs or wants to do, from self-care to work and leisure.

We define occupation broadly, so cooking a meal or gardening counts as therapeutic activity, not just paid employment.

Similar: activity, pursuit

Topic: Occupational therapy in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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