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occupational therapy

occupational therapy noun: the therapeutic practice of encouraging better quality of life through the pursuit of work or other occupations.

Noun

occupational therapy (usually uncountable, plural occupational therapies)

  1. (usually) The therapeutic practice of encouraging better quality of life through the pursuit of work or other occupations.
  2. (ironic, usually) Busy work.
  3. (usually, mental health) Sensory play for children often involving an obstacle course to relieve stress while the therapist works to nurture the patient's basic life skills.
    Synonyms:
    OT

occupational therapy meaning in Tamil, Kannada, Malay and Indonesian

occupational therapy in Tamil

தொழில் தொடர்பு சிகிச்சை முறை, தொழில்வழி சிகிச்சை, வலைச் சிகிச்சை

occupational therapy in Kannada

ವೃತ್ತಿ ಚಿಕಿತ್ಸೆ

occupational therapy in Malay

therapeutic practice
terapi carakerja

occupational therapy in Indonesian

therapeutic practice
terapi okupasi

Synonyms of occupational therapy

Forms of occupational therapy

pluraloccupational therapies

Words formed from occupational therapy

Questions about occupational therapy

What does occupational therapy mean?
Occupational therapy means the therapeutic practice of encouraging better quality of life through the pursuit of work or other occupations.
What is occupational therapy in Tamil?
Occupational therapy in Tamil is தொழில் தொடர்பு சிகிச்சை முறை, தொழில்வழி சிகிச்சை, வலைச் சிகிச்சை. See Occupational therapy meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is occupational therapy?
Occupational therapy is a noun.
What is the plural of occupational therapy?
The plural of occupational therapy is occupational therapies.

Words near occupational therapy in the dictionary

  1. occupational safety and health
  2. occupational surname
  3. occupational therapies
  4. occupational therapist
  5. occupational therapists
  6. occupational therapy
  7. occupationalist
  8. occupationalists
  9. occupationally
  10. occupationism
  11. occupationless

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Adapted from Wiktionary: occupational therapy (page history and authors); occupational therapy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); occupational therapy (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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