verb
- Keep busy with.
- usage: "She busies herself with her butterfly collection"
- Live (in a certain place. )
- usage: "She resides in Princeton"; "he occupies two rooms on the top floor"
- Occupy the whole of.
- usage: "The liquid fills the container"
- Be on the mind of.
- usage: "I worry about the second Germanic consonant shift"
- March aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation.
- usage: "Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939"
- Require (time or space. )
- usage: "It took three hours to get to work this morning"; "This event occupied a very short time"
- Consume all of one's attention or time.
- usage: "Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely"
- Assume, as of positions or roles.
- usage: "She took the job as director of development"; "he occupies the position of manager"; "the young prince will soon occupy the throne"
adjective
- Held or filled or in use.
- usage: "she keeps her time well occupied"; "the wc is occupied"
- Seized and controlled as by military invasion.
- usage: "the occupied countries of Europe"
- Resided in; having tenants.
- usage: "not all the occupied (or tenanted) apartments were well kept up"
- synonyms: tenanted
- Having ones attention or mind or energy engaged.
- usage: "she keeps herself fully occupied with volunteer activities"; "deeply engaged in conversation"
- synonyms: engaged
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