Definition of "vocational" []

• Of or relating to a vocation or vocations: vocational counseling. (adjective)
• Relating to, providing, or undergoing training in a special skill to be pursued in a trade: vocational students learning to operate a lathe. (adjective)

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• "To-day we no longer use the term vocational education in this rather general sense, but restrict its use to the specific training of individuals for some useful employment."
• "Prof. HACKER: Well, first of all, one of the problems with what we call vocational training, is that the decision is made, let's say, when a person is a senior in high school or a freshman in college."
• "You had the top group, the middle group, and what we called the vocational group."