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Meaning of vocation in English
(Definition of vocation from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
vocation | American Dictionary
vocation | Business English
Examples of vocation
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This situation is perfectly familiar, and applies not only to religious vocations generally, but to non-religious cases of volunteering, such as for a military mission.
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In relation to the hospital, the implicit assumption is that this health structure has a technical vocation exclusive from social problems.
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For a long time, old and new ideals regarding the propriety of a dual vocation of cleric and scientific practitioner conflicted.
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Some conservatives, notably libertarians and housewives, ultimately rejected politics as a vocation.
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Clearly, the task of recovering for opera its vocation of theatre is far more complex than meets the eye - or ear.
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The social vocation of psychology and its status as expertise is intrinsically bound to such questions.
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If we view medicine as a vocation, we must compassionately recognize the innate worth of all humanity.
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We are in a period in which there is widespread interest in renewal of medicine as a vocation, a calling.
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The remaining eight books discuss the eight principal vices which the monk encounters in his vocation.
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The resulting religious, social and economic dimensions of their lives are drawn out and shown to be, rather, different facets of a single vocation.
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Laurence's youth and doubtful vocation offered the community an opportunity to challenge dynastic control.
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They were from various vocations and had varying levels of education.
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Reclusion, therefore, even within a monastic context, was by this date a respectable vocation in its own right.
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Only the most carefully circumscribed sort of domesticity can be admitted, one which at least ostensibly makes male desire and vocation congruent with female self-sacrice.
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It is useful for historians to recall that their vocation is to write about what actually happened.
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आयुष्याचे उद्दिष्ट, जीवितकार्य…
yatkınlık, yetenek, meslek…
vocation…
roeping…
நீங்கள் செய்ய ஏற்றவர் என்று நீங்கள் நினைக்கும் ஒரு வகை வேலை, அதற்கு உங்கள் முழு நேரத்தையும் ஆற்றலையும் கொடுக்க வேண்டும், அல்லது ஒரு வகை வேலை இந்த வழியில் உங்களுக்கு பொருந்துகிறது என்ற உணர்வு…
वोकेशन, अपने लिए उपयुक्त लगने वाला कोई व्यवसाय…
વ્યવસાય, અંત:પ્રેરણા, કર્તવ્ય પરાયણતા…
kald…
kall, kallelse…
mendapat seru, kerjaya…
die Berufung…
kall, yrke, fag(område)…
پیشہ, کسی پیشہ کی صلاحیت, کسی پیشے کو اختیار کرنے کی طلب…
покликання…
దానిని చేయడానికి మీరు సరిపోతారని మీరు భావించే ఒక రకమైన పని, దానికి మీరు మీ పూర్తి సమయాన్ని, శక్తిని ఇవ్వాలి లేదా ఇలాంటి పని మీకు ఈ విధంగా సరిపోతుందనే భావన…
পেশা, বৃত্তি…
poslání…
panggilan hidup, pekerjaan…
เสียงเรียกร้องจากพระเจ้า, ความจำใจ, วิชาชีพ…
năng khiếu, thiên hướng…
powołanie…
