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Common collocations with vocation in American Collocation

vocation noun countable

US /voʊˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/

true

real
true

There are undoubtedly people working within the nursing profession who see it as a true vocation.

chosen

chosen

We need to be continually monitoring how good we are at our chosen vocation.

fulfil your vocation

follow
fulfil
pursue

Warwick left college at the age of 21 to pursue his vocation full-time as a painter.

not fulfil your vocation

miss

The man has missed his vocation – he should be on the stage.

find your vocation

discover
find

After a brief nursing career, she found her true vocation as a musician.