primary occupation

collocation in English

meaningsofprimaryandoccupation

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primary
adjective
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/ˈpraɪ.mər.i/us
/ˈpraɪ.mer.i/
more important than anything ...
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occupation
noun
uk
/ˌɒk.jəˈpeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌɑː.kjəˈpeɪ.ʃən/
a ...
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(Definition ofprimaryandoccupationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofprimary occupation

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Interestingly, the number of students who felt that farming would not be theirprimaryoccupationhad declined significantly since 1966.
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Theprimaryoccupationof 97.5 per cent of the heads of the households is farming with few traders, livestock herders, and salaried employees.
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Agriculture is theprimaryoccupationof a large majority of the populations of these countries.
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Theprimaryoccupationof a crofter is the agricultural cultivation of a croft.
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Farming is theprimaryoccupationin the village.
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Theprimaryoccupationis agriculture, cultivating rice, chilli and cotton.
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Agriculture is theprimaryoccupationfor the population here.
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Theprimaryoccupationis agriculture and animal husbandry.
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The surface was rough, the soil rather stubborn; nevertheless, farming was theprimaryoccupation.
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The water did not reach the upper floors and it was not possible to keep cattle which were theirprimaryoccupation.
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A skiptracer is someone who performs this task, which may be the person'sprimaryoccupation.
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Theprimaryoccupationof the local villagers is farming, with many being daily wage farm labourers.
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Theprimaryoccupationin this small village is agriculture.
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Theirprimaryoccupationwas the performance of acrobatics.
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This last effort became herprimaryoccupationuntil her death in 1906.
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In 1920, hisprimaryoccupationas annotated in the census was artist.
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Theprimaryoccupationwas farming, but now most of the people work in companies from across the world.
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Each community is further subdivided byprimaryoccupation.
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Settled agriculture is their traditional andprimaryoccupation, along with animal husbandry.
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