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vocation noun [ və(ʊ)ˈkeɪʃ(ə)n ]

• a strong feeling of suitability for a particular career or occupation.
• "not all of us have a vocation to be nurses or doctors"
Similar: calling, life's work, mission, purpose, function, position, niche, profession, occupation, career, job, day job, work, employment, pursuit, trade, craft, business, line, line of work, speciality, specialty, province, sphere, walk of life, métier, line of country, game, thing, bag, racket,
Origin: late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin vocatio(n- ), from vocare ‘to call’.


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