Meanings of have occupation in English

Unless they have occupation and companionship they go out of their minds.

Reginald has ambition; he should have occupation to keep him out of mischief.

Our costly courts must have occupation, our expensive jails must be kept full.

They can be used to get into university, although many use them to have occupation-specific skills.

Mr. Bruder must have occupation.

I find, from what you tell me, that you have occupation cut out for you for some months to come.

The United States has special responsibilities with respect to the countries in which we have occupation forces: Germany, Austria, Japan, and Korea.

The two ladies had occupations abroad of a more exacting nature.

For the next fortnight, therefore, we had occupation enough cut out for us.

They had occupation now in manufacturing a suit of clothes a-piece from the deer-skins.

The young man had occupations, ideas, associates, in whom the elder could take no interest.

We soon had occupation given us-ampleto employ our minds as well as our hands.

He had occupations in the inner chamber at which he did not wish to be disturbed.

She had occupations of which her husband knew nothing, and for which he was altogether unfit.

Had she had occupation perhaps she might have been saved, but she had nothing to do.

'I must have occupation,' she replied; 'it is much better for me.'