English-Thai Dictionary
avocation
N งานอดิเรก งานว่าง hobby ngan-ar-di-rek
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
AVOCATION
n.[See Vocation, Voice, Vocal. ] 1. The act of calling aside, or diverting from some employment; as an avocation from sin or from business.
2. The business which calls aside. The word is generally used for the smaller affairs of life, or occasional calls which summon a person to leave his ordinary or principal business. The use of this word for vocation is very improper.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
AVOCATION
Av `o *ca "tion, n. Etym: [L. avocatio.]
1. A calling away; a diversion. [Obs. or Archaic ] Impulses to duty, and powerful avocations from sin. South.
2. That which calls one away from one's regular employment or vocation. Heaven is his vocation, and therefore he counts earthly employments avocations. Fuller. By the secular cares and avocations which accompany marriage the clergy have been furnished with skill in common life. Atterbury.
Note: In this sense the word is applied to the smaller affairs of life, or occasional calls which summon a person to leave his ordinary or principal business. Avocation (in the singular ) for vocation is usually avoided by good writers.
3. pl.
Defn: Pursuits; duties; affairs which occupy one's time; usual employment; vocation. There are professions, among the men, no more favorable to these studies than the common avocations of women. Richardson. In a few hours, above thirty thousand men left his standard, and returned to their ordinary avocations. Macaulay. An irregularity and instability of purpose, which makes them choose the wandering avocations of a shepherd, rather than the more fixed pursuits of agriculture. Buckle.
New American Oxford Dictionary
avocation
av o ca tion |ˌavəˈkāSHən ævoʊˈkeɪʃn | ▶noun a hobby or minor occupation. DERIVATIVES av o ca tion al |-SHənl |adjective ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin avocatio (n- ), from avocare ‘call away, ’ from ab- ‘from ’ + vocare ‘to call. ’
Oxford Dictionary
avocation
avocation |ˌavəˈkeɪʃ (ə )n | ▶noun formal a hobby or minor occupation. DERIVATIVES avocational adjective ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin avocatio (n- ), from avocare ‘call away ’, from ab- ‘from ’ + vocare ‘to call ’.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
avocation
av o ca tion /æ̀vəkéɪʃ (ə )n /名詞 1 C U ｟かたく ｠(趣味の )副業, 余技 .2 C ｟話 ｠職業, 本業 (vocation ).
The Wordsmith Dictionary