{
    "term": "vocation",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a type of work or way of life that you believe is especially suitable for you",
            "labels": "(British English)(British English)(North American English)(especially North American English)(especially British English)(especially North American English)(both especially British English)(especially North American English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Nursing is not just a job—it's a vocation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She believes that she has found her true vocation in life."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You missed your vocation—you should have been an actor."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She feels that she missed her vocation by not working with children."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She struggled for years to find her true vocation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He is desperate to follow his vocation as an artist."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["true", "Christian", "religious"],
                "verb + vocation": ["find", "have", "follow"],
                "preposition": ["vocation for", "vocation to"],
                "phrases": ["a sense of vocation"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a belief that a particular type of work or way of life is especially suitable for you",
            "sensetop": "vocation (for something)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He has a vocation for teaching."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She is a doctor with a strong sense of vocation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She seems to have a vocation for healing."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This is a job that demands a sense of vocation."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["true", "Christian", "religious"],
                "verb + vocation": ["find", "have", "follow"],
                "preposition": ["vocation for", "vocation to"],
                "phrases": ["a sense of vocation"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a belief that you have been chosen by God to be a priest or nun",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He spoke about his vocation to the priesthood."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They are set on living out their vocation as priests."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["true", "Christian", "religious"],
                "verb + vocation": ["find", "have", "follow"],
                "preposition": ["vocation for", "vocation to"],
                "phrases": ["a sense of vocation"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/vəʊˈkeɪʃn/",
                "audio": "vo/vocation/vocation__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/vəʊˈkeɪʃn/",
                "audio": "vo/vocation/vocation__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin vocatio(n-), from vocare ‘to call’."
}