Vocational means training somebody for a particular trade. A vocational course, vocational qualifications, vocational training.
British education has undervalued it for a century, which is a standing complaint and an economic problem. The vocation in it means a calling, from the Latin for a voice, since a vocation was once what God called you to.
1adjectivevocationalTraining somebody for a particular trade.
“The college offers vocational courses in plumbing, hairdressing and cooking.”
vocational is a quality.
Old French
vocation
Middle English
vocacioun
English
vocation
English, today
vocational
From vocation + -al. vocation comes from Middle English vocacioun, from Old French vocation. From Middle English vocacioun, from Old French vocation, from Latin vocātiō.
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