English Explanatory Dictionary

vocational

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or pertaining to a vocation.
  2. That provides a special skill rather than academic knowledge.

Word forms

vocational

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ-der. Proto-Indo-European *wokʷ-der. Latin vocō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin vocātiōnembor. Old French vocationbor. Middle English vocacioun English vocation Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English vocational From vocation + -al.

Derived words

nonvocational prevocational vocational education vocationalism vocationalist vocationally vocational school vocational university
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