vocational

[ voh-key-shuh-nl ]

/ voʊˈkeɪ ʃə nl /

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adjective

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.

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Origin of vocational

First recorded in 1645–55; vocation + -al¹

OTHER WORDS FROM vocational

vo·ca·tion·al·ly, adverbnon·vo·ca·tion·al, adjectivenon·vo·ca·tion·al·ly, adverbqua·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

I have long thought that the most effective vocational programs in high school and college are those run by businesses or unions that have jobs to distribute.
Educators failing to teach what students need for good jobs|Jay Mathews|December 26, 2020|Washington Post
Applicants are required to have a bachelor’s degree, and to work or have vocational interest in the medical cannabis industry.
Medical cannabis master’s program at University of Maryland sees growth since launch|Tracy Mitchell Griggs|December 18, 2020|Washington Post
All of this is helping to change perceptions of long-disparaged career and technical — previously called vocational — education.
More people with bachelor’s degrees go back to school to learn skilled trades|Jon Marcus|November 20, 2020|Washington Post
Beijing describes the camps as “vocational training centers.”
Netflix enlisted ‘Game of Thrones’ team to adapt China’s best-selling sci-fi novel. Then came controversy|Grady McGregor|October 3, 2020|Fortune

In plain United States, this means fitting vocationally, socially and maritally into the place where you are.
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Temperamentally Mr. Burroughs is an optimist, as vocationally he is a writer, and avocationally a vine-dresser.
The Face of the Fields|Dallas Lore Sharp
Competition determines the distribution of population territorially and vocationally.
Introduction to the Science of Sociology|Robert E. Park
Temperamentally John Burroughs was an optimist, as vocationally he was a writer, and avocationally a vine-dresser.
The Seer of Slabsides|Dallas Lore Sharp
High school attendance is becoming legally and vocationally compulsory.
The High School Failures|Francis P. Obrien

British Dictionary definitions for vocational

vocational

/ (vəʊˈkeɪʃənəl) /

adjective

of or relating to a vocation or vocations

of or relating to applied educational courses concerned with skills needed for an occupation, trade, or professionvocational training

Derived forms of vocational

vocationally, adverb

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vocational

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