vocational
of, relating to, or connected with a vocation or occupation: a vocational aptitude.
of, relating to, or noting instruction or guidance in an occupation or profession chosen as a career or in the choice of a career: a vocational counselor.
Origin of vocational
1Other words from vocational
- vo·ca·tion·al·ly, adverb
- non·vo·ca·tion·al, adjective
- non·vo·ca·tion·al·ly, adverb
- qua·si-vo·ca·tion·al, adjective
- qua·si-vo·ca·tion·al·ly, adverb
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How to use vocational in a sentence
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Fighting for LGBTQ rights in the Global South | Prince Chingarande | July 2, 2021 | Washington BladeBy the hundreds of thousands, the Communist Party forced Uyghurs into sprawling detention facilities, which it dubbed “vocational training centers” though they better resembled concentration camps.
Uyghurs outside China are traumatized. Now they’re starting to talk about it | Andrew McCormick | June 16, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewThe federal government and 34 states, including California, have policies that allow some prisoners to receive early release for “earned time” — completing vocational, self-improvement or educational programming.
The American parole system is an endless trap — and a moral outrage | Jennifer Miller | May 24, 2021 | Washington PostThey had fewer disciplinary infractions and were more likely to pursue additional vocational and educational programming.
The American parole system is an endless trap — and a moral outrage | Jennifer Miller | May 24, 2021 | Washington PostChina has always denied these allegations and says its networks of facilities for Uyghurs in Xinjiang are vocational training centers and reeducation camps designed to stamp out terrorism.
The EU is sanctioning China for the first time since Tiananmen Square | Annabelle Timsit | March 22, 2021 | Quartz
Instead, she is left with the option to go to vocational school, or what is referred to as lycée professionnel in France.
Many today are calling for us to create a much more vocational style of teaching.
Limited vocational training or other alternatives forces many Palestinian families to turn to waseets.
Palestinian Children: The Invisible Workers of Israeli Settlements | Dina Elmuti | August 28, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHe urged better vocational programs, because not everyone, he said, needs a four-year college degree.
We need to incentivize local school districts to offer more advanced placement courses and more vocational and career training.
Full Text and Video of Marco Rubio's State of the Union Response | Justin Green | February 13, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe office next to mine is that of the vocational Bureau for Women.
Mary Louise and Josie O'Gorman | Emma Speed SampsonThe effects of the division of labor as a discipline may therefore be best studied in the vocational types it has produced.
Introduction to the Science of Sociology | Robert E. ParkIt is practically impossible to overemphasize the importance of the boy's vocational choice.
The Minister and the Boy | Allan HobenFurthermore, in every effort toward vocational training and sorting, the employer will be found interested and ready to help.
The Minister and the Boy | Allan HobenUnder the influence of deity cults, moreover, the social position of the priesthood changes, as do also its vocational practices.
Elements of Folk Psychology | Wilhelm Wundt
British Dictionary definitions for vocational
/ (vəʊˈkeɪʃənəl) /
of or relating to a vocation or vocations
of or relating to applied educational courses concerned with skills needed for an occupation, trade, or profession: vocational training
Derived forms of vocational
- vocationally, adverb
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