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occupative

occupative adjective: occupational; relating to one's occupation or employment.

Adjective

occupative (not comparable)

  1. occupational; relating to one's occupation or employment
    • When we come to occupative names, we are again confronted by crowds of diminutives.1916, Ernest Weekley, Surnames, page 287

Questions about occupative

What does occupative mean?
Occupative means occupational; relating to one's occupation or employment.
What part of speech is occupative?
Occupative is an adjective.

Words near occupative in the dictionary

  1. occupationalists
  2. occupationally
  3. occupationism
  4. occupationless
  5. occupations
  6. occupative
  7. occupiable
  8. occupied
  9. occupier
  10. occupiers
  11. occupies

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