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   occupy

   /ˈɒkjʊpʌɪ/

   verb

   • 1. reside or have one's place of business in (a building): "the rented flat she occupies in Hampstead" Similar live ininhabitbe the tenant oftenantlodge inbe established/ensconced inestablish/ensconce oneself intake up residence inmake one's home insettle inmove intopeoplepopulatesettlestay informal:reside indwell in
   • ▪ fill or take up (a space or time): "two long windows occupied almost the whole of the end wall" Similar take upfillfill upcoverextend overuse uputilize
   • ▪ be situated in or at (a position in a system or hierarchy): "the Bank of England occupies a central position in the UK financial system"
   • ▪ hold (a position or job): "a very different job from any that he had occupied before" Similar holdbe infillhaveinformal:hold down
   • 2. fill or preoccupy (the mind): "her mind was occupied with alarming questions" Similar engagebusyemploydistractabsorbengrosspreoccupyholdhold the attention ofimmerseinterestinvolveentertaindivertamusebeguile
   • ▪ keep (someone) busy and active: "Sarah occupied herself taking the coffee cups over to the sink"
   • 3. take control of (a place, especially a country) by military conquest or settlement: "Syria was occupied by France under a League of Nations mandate" Similar captureseizetake possession ofconquerinvadeoverruntake overcolonizegarrisonannexdominatesubjugatehegemonizeholdcommandeerrequisitionOpposite leaveabandonquit
   • ▪ enter and stay in (a building) without authority and often forcibly, especially as a form of protest: "the workers occupied the factory"

   Word Origin Middle English: formed irregularly from Old French occuper, from Latin occupare ‘seize’. A now obsolete vulgar sense ‘have sexual relations with’ seems to have led to the general avoidance of the word in the 17th and most of the 18th century.

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   • English (US)

     to fill, use, or exist in a place or a time: A large couch...

   • Znaczenie Occupy, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     OCCUPY definicja: 1. to fill, exist in, or use a place or...

   • Occupy: Arabic Translation

     OCCUPY translate: يَشْغِل, يَشغِل, يُقْيم في. Learn more in...

   • Occupy: Italian Translation

     occupy translate: occupare, occupare, occupare, occupare,...

   • Occupy: Korean Translation

     OCCUPY translate: 차지하다, 바쁘다, 점령하다. Learn more in the...

   • Occupy: Russian Translation

     OCCUPY translate: занимать (место, время) , занимать...

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   Occupy means to take or fill up space, time, or attention, or to be a resident or tenant of a place. It can also mean to participate in a protest about a social or political issue, as in the Occupy Wall Street movement.

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6. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishoccupy verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes...

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   /ˈɒkjupaɪ/ /ˈɑːkjupaɪ/ Verb Forms. occupy something to fill or use a space, an area or an amount of time synonym take up. The bed seemed to occupy most of the room. As the company grew, it continued to occupy more space. Administrative work occupies half of my time. How do you occupy your time?

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   Definitions of occupy. verb. live (in a certain place) “he occupies two rooms on the top floor” synonyms: lodge in, reside. see more. verb. occupy the whole of. synonyms: fill. see more. verb. require (time or space) “This event occupied a very short time” synonyms: take, use up.