How do you use Avocation in a sentence? See 5 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like pursuit or hobby, plus the exact meaning.
Avocation meaning
- A calling away; a diversion.
- A hobby or recreational or leisure pursuit.
- That which calls one away from one's regular employment or vocation.
Using Avocation
- The main meaning on this page is: A calling away; a diversion. | A hobby or recreational or leisure pursuit. | That which calls one away from one's regular employment or vocation.
- Useful related words include: pursuit, by-line, hobby, sideline.
- In the example corpus, avocation often appears in combinations such as: avocation of, an avocation.
Context around Avocation
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Avocation
- In this selection, "avocation" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 22.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, larger and birding stand out and add context to how "avocation" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include been an avocation since 1805 and her larger avocation of seeking. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "avocation" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with avocation
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Nadia Darries is a director, animator and co-founder of Goon Valley Animation, with an avocation for songwriting. (18 words)
Londres’s phrase captured a key reality: Cycling had long been the vocation and avocation of working-class Frenchmen. (19 words)
This was the catalogue of words organized by their meanings, the compilation of which had been an avocation since 1805. (20 words)
Always willing to learn new things, Myrtle Edna embraced Jim’s birding avocation in their retirement years and became knowledgeable and enthusiastic about birds as they traveled the world together. (30 words)
Capturing the perfect image is just part of her larger avocation of seeking out the many shades of beauty and strangeness cast by the world. (25 words)
This was the catalogue of words organized by their meanings, the compilation of which had been an avocation since 1805. (20 words)
Example sentences (5)
Capturing the perfect image is just part of her larger avocation of seeking out the many shades of beauty and strangeness cast by the world.
Nadia Darries is a director, animator and co-founder of Goon Valley Animation, with an avocation for songwriting.
Londres’s phrase captured a key reality: Cycling had long been the vocation and avocation of working-class Frenchmen.
Always willing to learn new things, Myrtle Edna embraced Jim’s birding avocation in their retirement years and became knowledgeable and enthusiastic about birds as they traveled the world together.
This was the catalogue of words organized by their meanings, the compilation of which had been an avocation since 1805.
Common combinations with avocation
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- avocation of 2×
- an avocation 2×