vocational — vo‧ca‧tion‧al [vəʊˈkeɪʆnəl ǁ voʊ ] adjective vocational training/guidance/course etc JOBS training etc that teaches you the skills you need to do a particular job: • He argued for better vocational education, saying many students were not… … Financial and business terms
vocational — index technical Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
vocational — (adj.) 1650s, from VOCATION (Cf. vocation) + AL (Cf. al) (1). Related: Vocationally … Etymology dictionary
vocational — ► ADJECTIVE 1) relating to an occupation or employment. 2) (of education or training) directed at a particular occupation and its skills. DERIVATIVES vocationally adverb … English terms dictionary
vocational — [vō kā′shə nəl] adj. 1. of a vocation, trade, occupation, etc. ☆ 2. designating or of education, training, a school, etc. intended to prepare one for an occupation, sometimes specif. in a trade vocationalism n. vocationally adv … English World dictionary
vocational — [[t]voʊke͟ɪʃən(ə)l[/t]] ADJ: usu ADJ n Vocational training and skills are the training and skills needed for a particular job or profession. ...a course designed to provide vocational training in engineering... Vocational courses are often given… … English dictionary
vocational — adjective Date: 1652 1. of, relating to, or concerned with a vocation 2. of, relating to, or undergoing training in a skill or trade to be pursued as a career < a vocational school > < vocational students > • vocationally adverb … New Collegiate Dictionary
vocational — vocationally, adv. /voh kay sheuh nl/, adj. 1. of, pertaining to, or connected with a vocation or occupation: a vocational aptitude. 2. of, pertaining to, or noting instruction or guidance in an occupation or profession chosen as a career or in… … Universalium
vocational — adj. Vocational is used with these nouns: ↑counselling, ↑course, ↑education, ↑guidance, ↑programme, ↑qualification, ↑school, ↑training … Collocations dictionary
vocational — vo|ca|tion|al [vəuˈkeıʃənəl US vou ] adj teaching or relating to the skills you need to do a particular job ▪ vocational qualifications … Dictionary of contemporary English