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voh-KAYSHUN/vəʊˈkeɪʃn/

A vocation is work you feel strongly suited to, often with a sense of calling: a vocation for teaching, miss one’s vocation. Career is everyday and cooler; a calling slide is comms, not a rest-day.

Meaning

A type of work you feel strongly suited to, often with a sense of calling.

Examples

• “A vocation slide is not a rest-day on the rota.”
• “Career is everyday. Calling is the close twin. A slide is a deck. A rest-day is a cell. Write the day; keep vocation for the prospectus.”

Good to know

Work felt as a calling. Everyday: career. A slide ≠ a rest-day.

Near in meaning

calling

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