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Definition: Avocation |
AvocationNoun1. An auxiliary activity. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "avocation" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1690. (references) |
Etymology: Avocation \Av`o*ca"tion\, noun. [Latin expression avocatio.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: AvocationSynonyms: by-line (n), hobby (n), sideline (n), spare-time activity (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Business | Exercise; work; (action); avocation; press of business; (activity). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Avocation |
| English words defined with "avocation": avocational ♦ Occupation bridge. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "avocation": recreational mining ♦ Window. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "avocation": Advocation. (references) |
| "Avocation" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Avocation" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 4 | 175,879 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
avocation | 3 |
age avocation group vocation | 2 |
avocation.com bjorkman | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "avocation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | punë (affair, affairs, appointment, berth, business, concern, concernment, deed, doing, duty, employ, engagement, function, job, labor, labour, make, making, metier, movement, occupation, office, operation, practice, question, service, shebang, slot, task, task-work, thing, work), hobi (hobby, sideline). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مهنة (business, calling, career, craftsmanship, function, job, metier, occupation, practice, profession, pursuit, trade, vocation, work), هواية (fad, fancy, hobby). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | разсейване (aberration, diffusion, dispersal, dispersion, dissipation, distraction, scattering), развлечение (amusement, distraction, divertissement, enjoyment, fun, pastime, pleasure, recreation, relaxation, resource, sport), работа (affair, berth, billet, business, char, concern, dealings, do, employ, employment, engagement, function, job, labor, labour, lay, line, matter, occasions, occupation, operation, part, performance, place, ploy, proceedings, proposition, run, running, service, shebang, shop, show, situation, thing, undertaking, work, working, workmanship), хоби (hobby), призвание (call, calling, mission, vocation), поприще (arena, career, field, line, path, stage, walk of life). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | vedlejší zamìstnání (sideline). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | مشغولیت (Engagement), کسب (Metier, Trade, Traffic, Vocation), کارفرعی , کارجزءی , کار (Act, Activity, Affair, Appointment, Deed, Duty, Fist, Function, Job, Office, Opus, Ploy, Proposition, Service, Shebang, Task, Thing, Vocation, Work, Workmanship), حرفه (Career, Metier, Mystery, Profession, Pursuit, Trade, Vocation), سرگرمی (Diversion, Fun, Game, Hobby, Hobbyhorse, Pastime, Recreation, Sport, Toy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | profession, passe-temps, métier. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | nebenberuf (extra job, second job, side job, sideline). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ενασχόληση (business, hobby, occupation, pastime). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מקצוע לואי, מקצוע (branch, calling, metier, occupation, profession, subject, trade, vocation, walks of life). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | mellékfoglalkozás (by line, moonlighting, part-time job, side line). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | sambil (while). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | svago (amusement, fun, hobby, relaxation), occupazione (activity, business, calling, employ, employmen, employment, job, occupancy, occupation, squatting, tenure, work), hobby (hobby, pastime). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 余技 (hobby), 余業 (side line). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | よぎょう (side line), よぎ (another method, another problem, heavy kimono-like quilt, hobby, night-clothes). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | keird (business, craft, employment, finish, line, occupation, profession, professional skill, pursuit, trade, vocation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | bibeskjeftigelse. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | avocationay passatempo (game, hobby, pastime, ploy, sport), ocupação (business, busyness, calling, chore, duty, employ, employment, engagement, job, labor, labour, occupancy, occupation, office, ploy, profession, racket, service, tenure, work, works), distração (absent-mindedness, abstractedness, abstraction, amusement, distraction, diversion, failure, fun, oversight, recreation, wool-gathering). (various references) preocupare (care, concern, object, preoccupation, pursuit, work), pasiune (Ardor, ardour, avidity, fervour, fire, flame, glow, hobby, interest, itch, love, passion, pathos), ocupaţie secundarã (by-work, side line), diversiune (diversion, sabotage), distragere. (various references) профессия (calling, career, metier, occupation, profession, trade, vocation, walk of life, walks of life, working status), призвание (call, calling, mission, vocation). (various references) zanimanje (business, calling, interest, profession, vocation), razonoda (amusement, dalliance, diversion, divertissement, leisure, pastime, recreation, relaxation), poziv (call, call up, invitation, notification, profession, summons, vocation), hobi (hobby). (various references) afición (addiction, fancy, fondness, hobby, liking, love, penchant, rave, relish, taste), pasatiempo (amusement, delay, durability, hobby, kill time, occupation, pastime, pursuit, relaxation, taste), ocupación (emplacement, employment, encroachment, job, line, occupancy, occupation, profession, pursuit, sit in, tenure, usurpation, work), diversión (amusement, diversion, entertainment, fun, play, relaxation, tease), distracción (absence of mind, absentmindedness, abstraction, amusement, debauch, distraction, diversion, vagueness). (various references) levnadskall, hobby (hobby, ploy), bisyssla (sideline). (various references) งานอ"ิเรก (hobby). (various references) uğraş (employment, endeavor, endeavour, engagement, exertion, occupation, profession, resource, struggle, toil, tug, wrestle), meslek (calling, career, game, ism, job, metier, path, profession, professional, racket, shop, trade, vocation, walk of life), merak (anxiety, bug, care, concern, crotchet, curiosity, disquiet, disquietude, fad, fancy, hobby, interest, sensation, whim, wonderment, worry), hobi (hobby, pastime). (various references) звичайне заняття, професія (calling, career, metier, occupation, profession, vocation), покликання (calling, following, vocation). (various references) xu hướng (bent, calling, proclivity, tendency, tide, trend), việc lặt vặt khuynh hướng, sự giải trí, chí hướng sự tiêu khiển, công việc phụ. (various references) gorchwyl (employ, task), galwedigaeth (calling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "avocation": avocational, avocationally, avocations. (additional references) | |
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"Avocation" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: abvocation, aviction, avocato, avoction, avvocato. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "avocation" (pronounced a'vukā"shun) |
| 7 | -v u k ā" sh u n | advocation, convocation, equivocation, invocation, provocation, revocation. |
| 6 | -u k ā" sh u n | acidification, adjudication, allocation, amplification, application, authentication, certification, classification, codification, communication, complication, decertification, dedication, deification, desiccation, disqualification, diversification, domestication, duplication, edification, education, eradication, excommunication, explication, falsification, fortification, gasification, gratification, identification, implication, indication, intensification, intoxication, magnification, medication, misallocation, misapplication, miscommunication, modification, multiplication, notification, nullification, ossification, pacification, personification, pontification, prefabrication, prognostication, purification, qualification, quantification, ramification, ratification, reallocation, recertification, reclassification, rectification, rededication, replication, reunification, sanctification, saponification, suffocation, unification, verification, vilification, vindication. |
| 5 | -k ā" sh u n | abdication, altercation, bifurcation, clarification, confiscation, demarcation, detoxication, detoxification, disembarkation, dislocation, echolocation, electrification, embarkation, evocation, fabrication, gentrification, glorification, indemnification, justification, location, lubrication, misidentification, mummification, obfuscation, publication, relocation, simplification, sophistication, specification, syndication, telecommunication, vacation, vocation. |
| 4 | -ā" sh u n | abbreviation, aberration, abomination, abrogation, acceleration, acclimation, accommodation, accreditation, accumulation, accusation, activation, adaptation, administration, admiration, adoration, adulation, affectation, affiliation, affirmation, agglomeration, aggravation, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, alphabetization, alteration, amalgamation, amelioration, amortization, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, anticipation, antidiscrimination, appellation, appreciation, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, aspiration, assassination, assimilation, association, augmentation, authorization, automation, aviation, balkanization, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, celebration, centralization, cessation, cetacean, characterization, citation, civilization, coagulation, cogeneration, cogitation, cohabitation, collaboration, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, communization, compensation, compilation, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conciliation, condemnation, condensation, confabulation, confederation, configuration, confirmation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, connotation, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, consultation, consummation, contamination, contemplation, continuation, conversation, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correlation, corroboration, creation, cremation, criminalization, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, declaration, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, defamation, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deliberation, delineation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, denationalization, denomination, denuclearization, denunciation, depopulation, deportation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, deprivation, deregulation, derivation, desalination, desalinization, desecration, desegregation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, determination, detonation, devaluation, devastation, deviation, dictation, differentiation, dilatation, dilation, discoloration, discontinuation, discrimination, disinclination, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disputation, dissemination, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, distillation, divination, documentation, domination, donation, dramatization, duration, ejaculation, elaboration, elation, elevation, elimination, elongation, emanation, emancipation, emigration, emulation, enumeration, equalization, equitation, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, exacerbation, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, excitation, exclamation, exfoliation, exhalation, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expatriation, expectation, experimentation, expiration, explanation, exploitation, exploration, expropriation, extermination, extrapolation, facilitation, fascination, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, figuration, filtration, fixation, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formation, formulation, foundation, fragmentation, frustration, fumigation, gastrulation, generalization, generation, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, gradation, graduation, granulation, gravitation, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hibernation, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impersonation, implantation, implementation, importation, impregnation, improvisation, imputation, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indentation, indexation, indignation, indoctrination, industrialization, infatuation, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, information, inhabitation, inhalation, initiation, innovation, inoculation, insemination, insinuation, inspiration, installation, instigation, institutionalization, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, integration, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, intimation, intimidation, intonation, inundation, invalidation, investigation, invitation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, limitation, liquidation, litigation, localization, machination, magnetization, malformation, manifestation, manipulation, marginalization, masturbation, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, meditation, menstruation, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscreation, misinformation, misinterpretation, misrepresentation, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modulation, molestation, monopolization, motivation, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nondiscrimination, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, nucleation, obligation, observation, occupation, operation, optimization, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ostentation, ovation, overpopulation, overregulation, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pagination, palpitation, participation, pasteurization, penetration, perforation, permutation, perpetuation, personalization, perspiration, perturbation, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politicization, pollination, popularization, population, precipitation, predestination, premeditation, preoccupation, preparation, presentation, preservation, pressurization, privation, privatization, probation, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, profanation, proliferation, pronunciation, propagation, proration, prostration, protestation, punctuation, quotation, radiation, radicalization, rationalization, reaffirmation, realization, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, recitation, reclamation, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, recreation, recrimination, recuperation, redecoration, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinterpretation, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, remediation, remuneration, renationalization, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, representation, repudiation, reputation, reregulation, reservation, resignation, respiration, restoration, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanitation, saturation, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, segmentation, segregation, sensation, separation, sequestration, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, specialization, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subordination, subsidization, substantiation, suburbanization, summation, superstation, tabulation, taxation, temptation, termination, titillation, toleration, transformation, transillumination, translation, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, ventilation, vibration, victimization, violation, visitation, visualization, vulgarization, westernization. |
| 3 | -sh u n | abduction, abolition, abortion, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, accession, accretion, acquisition, action, addiction, addition, admission, admonition, adoption, advection, affection, affliction, aggression, alliteration, alternation, ambition, ammunition, antiabortion, anticorruption, apparition, apportion, apprehension, ascension, ashen, assertion, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, beautician, benediction, brutalization, caption, carburetion, caution, circulation, circumspection, clinician, coalition, coercion, cognition, collection, commission, commotion, compassion, competition, completion, complexion, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, conception, conceptualization, concession, concoction, concussion, condescension, condition, conduction, confection, confession, conjunction, connection, conniption, conscription, constitution, constriction, construction, consumption, contention, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, conviction, convolution, convulsion, correction, corruption, counterrevolution, crucifixion, cushion, deception, decimation, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, deduction, defection, definition, deletion, demolition, demotion, dentition, depiction, depletion, deposition, depression, dereliction, description, desertion, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, devolution, devotion, diction, dietitian, diffraction, digression, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, disconnection, discretion, discussion, disinfection, disposition, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissension, dissolution, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, dysfunction, edition, egyptian, ejection, election, electrician, electrocution, elocution, emission, emotion, emulsion, encryption, erection, erudition, eruption, eviction, evolution, exaction, exception, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exhibition, expansion, expedition, exposition, expression, expulsion, extension, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, faction, fashion, fiction, fission, flexion, formalization, fraction, freshen, friction, fruition, function, gentian, geriatrician, gumption, hessian, homogenization, hypertension, hypotension, ignition, impassion, imperfection, imposition, impression, inaction, inception, incineration, indiscretion, induction, infarction, infection, inflection, infliction, infraction, inhibition, injection, injunction, inquisition, inscription, insertion, inspection, institution, instruction, insurrection, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, interruption, intersection, introduction, introspection, intuition, invention, junction, jurisdiction, juxtaposition, lilliputian, liposuction, liquefaction, locomotion, logician, lotion, magician, malfunction, malnutrition, mansion, martian, mathematician, mention, midsection, misapprehension, misconception, misimpression, misperception, mission, mortician, motion, munition, musician, nonaggression, nonfiction, nonprescription, notion, nutrition, objection, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, ocean, omission, opposition, oppression, optician, option, overconsumption, overexpansion, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, oversimplification, partition, passion, patrician, pediatrician, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, permission, persecution, petition, physician, politician, pollution, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, preconception, precondition, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, preignition, premonition, prescription, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, procession, production, profession, progression, prohibition, projection, promotion, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, protection, ration, reaction, reassertion, reception, recession, recognition, recollection, recondition, reconstruction, redefinition, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reflection, regression, reimposition, reinspection, reintegration, reintroduction, reinvention, rejection, remission, rendition, repercussion, repetition, reposition, repossession, repression, reproduction, requisition, resolution, restitution, restriction, resumption, resurrection, retention, retraction, retransmission, retribution, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, sanction, satisfaction, secession, secretion, section, sedition, seduction, selection, session, solution, statistician, submission, subscription, subsection, substation, substitution, subtraction, succession, suction, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, tactician, technician, tension, theoretician, titian, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transgression, transition, transmission, tuition, venetian, volition, workstation. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-i-n-o-o-t-v" | |
-1 letter: vacation, vocation. | |
-2 letters: ovation. | |
-3 letters: action, atavic, atonic, cation, octavo, ovonic, vacant. | |
-4 letters: actin, antic, avant, avian, avion, canto, coati, conto, cotan, covin, octan, ontic, tonic, vatic, vinca. | |
-5 letters: acta, anoa, anta, anti, cain, cant, ciao, cion, coat, coin, coni, coon, coot, icon, into, iota, naoi, nota, nova, onto, otic, taco, tain, toon, vain, vina. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-i-n-o-o-t-v" | |
+1 letter: advocation, avocations, vocational. | |
+2 letters: advocations, avocational, covariation, vacuolation. | |
+3 letters: coacervation, covariations, invocational, vacuolations, vocalization, vocationally. | |
+4 letters: avocationally, coacervations, convocational, nonvocational, prevocational, vocalizations, vocationalism, vocationalist. | |
+5 letters: conservational, conservatorial, conversational, nonradioactive, vocationalisms, vocationalists. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Derivations 8. Rhymes | 9. Anagrams 10. Bibliography |
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