vocational
Americanadjective
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of, relating to, or connected with a vocation or occupation.
a vocational aptitude.
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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.
adjective
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of or relating to a vocation or vocations
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of or relating to applied educational courses concerned with skills needed for an occupation, trade, or profession
vocational training
Other Word Forms
- nonvocational adjective
- nonvocationally adverb
- quasi-vocational adjective
- quasi-vocationally adverb
- vocationally adverb
Etymology
Origin of vocational
Example Sentences
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At a vocational institute north of the capital Beirut, displaced mother Nasima Ismail signed up her children for services despite a lack of resources as the war interrupts education for hundreds of thousands of students.
From Barron's
The gist of the message was: "We have lots of young, motivated people looking for vocational training and we're wondering if you're interested."
From BBC
However, it doesn't give detail on the proportions of school leavers it would aim to send into vocational trades.
From BBC
Nihill was shoved into a vocational program and most of his friends dropped out of school.
From Los Angeles Times
The first V-levels - the new vocational qualifications - from 2027 will be in education and early years, finance and accounting, and digital, the government has said.
From BBC
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