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oc·cu·py

(ŏk′yə-pī′)
tr.v. oc·cu·pied, oc·cu·py·ing, oc·cu·pies
1. To fill up (time or space): a lecture that occupied three hours.
2. To dwell or reside in (an apartment, for example).
3. To hold or fill (an office or position).
4. To seize possession of and maintain control over forcibly or by conquest: The troops occupied the city.
5. To engage or employ the attention or concentration of: occupied the children with coloring books.
[Middle English occupien, alteration of Old French occuper, from Latin occupāre, to seize : ob-, intensive pref.; see ob- + capere, to take; see kap- in Indo-European roots.]
oc′cu·pi′er n.
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occupy

(ˈɒkjʊˌpaɪ)
vb (tr) , -pies, -pying or -pied
1. to live or be established in (a house, flat, office, etc)
2. (often passive) to keep (a person) busy or engrossed; engage the attention of
3. (often passive) to take up (a certain amount of time or space)
4. to take and hold possession of, esp as a demonstration: students occupied the college buildings.
5. to fill or hold (a position or rank)
[C14: from Old French occuper, from Latin occupāre to seize hold of, from ob- (intensive) + capere to take]
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oc•cu•py

(ˈɒk yəˌpaɪ)

v. -pied, -py•ing. v.t.
1. to have, hold, or take as a separate space; possess, reside in or on, or claim: The orchard occupies half the farm.
2. to be a resident or tenant of; dwell in.
3. to fill up, employ, or engage: to occupy time reading.
4. to engage or employ the mind, energy, or attention of: We occupied the children with a game.
5. to take possession and control of (a place), as by military invasion.
6. to hold (a position, office, etc.).
v.i.
7. to take or hold possession.
[1300–50; < Old French occuper < Latin occupāre to seize, take hold, make one's own]
oc′cu•pi`a•ble, adj.
oc′cu•pi`er, n.
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occupy


Past participle: occupied
Gerund: occupying

Imperative
occupy
occupy
Present
I occupy
you occupy
he/she/it occupies
we occupy
you occupy
they occupy
Preterite
I occupied
you occupied
he/she/it occupied
we occupied
you occupied
they occupied
Present Continuous
I am occupying
you are occupying
he/she/it is occupying
we are occupying
you are occupying
they are occupying
Present Perfect
I have occupied
you have occupied
he/she/it has occupied
we have occupied
you have occupied
they have occupied
Past Continuous
I was occupying
you were occupying
he/she/it was occupying
we were occupying
you were occupying
they were occupying
Past Perfect
I had occupied
you had occupied
he/she/it had occupied
we had occupied
you had occupied
they had occupied
Future
I will occupy
you will occupy
he/she/it will occupy
we will occupy
you will occupy
they will occupy
Future Perfect
I will have occupied
you will have occupied
he/she/it will have occupied
we will have occupied
you will have occupied
they will have occupied
Future Continuous
I will be occupying
you will be occupying
he/she/it will be occupying
we will be occupying
you will be occupying
they will be occupying
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been occupying
you have been occupying
he/she/it has been occupying
we have been occupying
you have been occupying
they have been occupying
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been occupying
you will have been occupying
he/she/it will have been occupying
we will have been occupying
you will have been occupying
they will have been occupying
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been occupying
you had been occupying
he/she/it had been occupying
we had been occupying
you had been occupying
they had been occupying
Conditional
I would occupy
you would occupy
he/she/it would occupy
we would occupy
you would occupy
they would occupy
Past Conditional
I would have occupied
you would have occupied
he/she/it would have occupied
we would have occupied
you would have occupied
they would have occupied
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb 1. occupy - keep busy with; "She busies herself with her butterfly collection"
work - exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity; "I will work hard to improve my grades"; "she worked hard for better living conditions for the poor"
putter, potter - work lightly; "The old lady is pottering around in the garden"
smatter, play around, dabble - work with in an amateurish manner; "She dabbles in astronomy"; "He plays around with investments but he never makes any money"
2. occupy - live (in a certain place); "She resides in Princeton"; "he occupies two rooms on the top floor"
move in - occupy a place; "The crowds are moving in"
stay at - reside temporarily; "I'm staying at the Hilton"
squat - occupy (a dwelling) illegally
inhabit, live, populate, dwell - inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of; "People lived in Africa millions of years ago"; "The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted"; "this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean"; "deer are populating the woods"
crash - occupy, usually uninvited; "My son's friends crashed our house last weekend"
3. occupy - occupy the whole of; "The liquid fills the container"
crowd - fill or occupy to the point of overflowing; "The students crowded the auditorium"
take up - take up time or space; "take up the slack"
be - occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere; "Where is my umbrella?" "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?"
4. occupy - be on the mind of; "I worry about the second Germanic consonant shift"
5. occupy - march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation; "Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939"
attack, assail - launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with; "Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II"; "Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week"
infest, overrun - invade in great numbers; "the roaches infested our kitchen"
6. occupy - require (time or space); "It took three hours to get to work this morning"; "This event occupied a very short time"
deplete, use up, wipe out, eat up, exhaust, run through, eat, consume - use up (resources or materials); "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"
expend, use - use up, consume fully; "The legislature expended its time on school questions"
be - spend or use time; "I may be an hour"
7. occupy - consume all of one's attention or time; "Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely"
involve - occupy or engage the interest of; "His story completely involved me during the entire afternoon"
consume - engage fully; "The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy"
rivet - hold (someone's attention); "The discovery of the skull riveted the paleontologists"
interest - excite the curiosity of; engage the interest of
8. occupy - assume, as of positions or roles; "She took the job as director of development"; "he occupies the position of manager"; "the young prince will soon occupy the throne"
assume, take up, strike, take - occupy or take on; "He assumes the lotus position"; "She took her seat on the stage"; "We took our seats in the orchestra"; "She took up her position behind the tree"; "strike a pose"
do work, work - be employed; "Is your husband working again?"; "My wife never worked"; "Do you want to work after the age of 60?"; "She never did any work because she inherited a lot of money"; "She works as a waitress to put herself through college"
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occupy

verb
1. inhabit, own, live in, stay in (Scot.), be established in, dwell in, be in residence in, establish yourself in, ensconce yourself in, tenant, reside in, lodge in, take up residence in, make your home, abide in the couple who occupy the flat above mine
inhabit abandon, desert, quit, depart, evacuate, vacate
2. invade, take over, capture, seize, conquer, keep, hold, garrison, overrun, annex, take possession of, colonize Alexandretta had been occupied by the French in 1918.
invade withdraw, retreat
3. hold, control, dominate, possess Men still occupy more positions of power than women.
4. take up, consume, tie up, use up, monopolize, keep busy or occupied Her parliamentary career has occupied all of her time.
5. (often passive) engage, interest, involve, employ, busy, entertain, absorb, amuse, divert, preoccupy, immerse, hold the attention of, engross, keep busy or occupied I had other matters to occupy me that day.
6. take up, cover, fill, fill up, utilize, pervade, permeate, extend over The tombs occupy two thirds of the church
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occupy

verb
1. To live in (a place), as does a people:
2. To seize and move into by force:
3. To cause to be busy or in use:
4. To make busy:
5. To get and hold the attention of:
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Translations
يَحْتَلُّ يَحْتَليُشْغِليَعيش في، يَسْكُنُ
obývat
besættefyldeokkupereoptagebebo
asuamiehittäävallatavarata
zauzeti
búahernemataka, ná yfir
占める
점유하다
okupacijaprofesijaprofesinisužėmimas
aizņemtapdzīvotokupēt, ieņemt
stanovatizaposlitizasesti
ockupera
อาศัยอยู่ใน
oturmak zaptetmekkaplamak
sống

occupy

[ˈɒkjʊpaɪ] VT
1. [+ house] → habitar, vivir en ; [+ office, seat] → ocupar
is this seat occupied? → ¿está ocupado este asiento?
2. (Mil etc) → ocupar
in occupied France → en la Francia ocupada (por los alemanes)
3. [+ post, position] → ocupar
4. (= take up, fill) [+ space, time] → ocupar
this job occupies all my time → este trabajo me ocupa or absorbe todo el tiempo
he is occupied in research → se dedica a la investigación
5. (= keep busy) → ocupar
to be occupied with sth/in doing sth → estar ocupado con algo/haciendo algo
he is very occupied at the moment → está muy ocupado en este momento
she occupies herself by knitting → se entretiene haciendo punto
6. (US) (Telec) to be occupied → estar comunicando
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occupy

[ˈɒkjʊpaɪ] vt
[+ place, building, house] → occuper ; [+ space] → occuper ; [+ bed] → occuper
Houses occupied by the aged need central heating → Les maisons occupées par les personnes âgées doivent avoir le chauffage central.
Even small aircraft occupy a lot of space → Même les petits avions occupent beaucoup d'espace.
[+ country, city] [soldiers, invaders, demonstrators] → occuper
[+ time] → occuper
How do you occupy your time? → Comment occupez-vous votre temps?
to occupy o.s. with sth (= busy o.s.) → s'occuper à qch
to occupy o.s. with doing sth (= busy o.s.) → s'occuper de faire qch
(= fill) [+ position] → occuper
workers occupying key positions → les travailleurs occupant des emplois clés
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occupy

vt
house → bewohnen ; seat, room → belegen, besetzen ; hotel room → belegen ; you occupy a special place in my heart → du hast einen besonderen Platz in meinem Herzen (inne)
(Mil etc) → besetzen ; country → okkupieren, besetzen
post, position → innehaben, bekleiden (geh)
(= take up) → beanspruchen ; space → einnehmen ; time → in Anspruch nehmen, beanspruchen ; (= help pass) → ausfüllen ; can’t you find some better way of occupying your time? → kannst du mit deiner Zeit nicht etwas Besseres anfangen?
(= busy) → beschäftigen ; to occupy oneself → sich beschäftigen ; a thought which has been occupying my mind → ein Gedanke, der mich beschäftigt
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occupy

[ˈɒkjʊˌpaɪ] vt → occupare
this job occupies all my time → questo lavoro occupa or prende tutto il mio tempo
to be occupied with sth → essere preso/a da qc
to be occupied in doing sth → essere occupato/a a fare qc
she occupies herself by knitting → si tiene occupata lavorando a maglia
to keep one's mind occupied → tenere la mente occupata
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occupy

(ˈokjupai) verb
1. to be in or fill (time, space etc). A table occupied the centre of the room. inneem, in beslag neem يُشْغِل заемам ocupar zaujímat einnehmen optage; fylde καταλαμβάνω, απασχολώ ocupar enda alla võtma قرار داشتن؛ پر کردن viedä occuper לִתפוֹס भरना zauzimati elfoglal mengisi taka, ná yfir occupare 占める (공간, 시간 등을) 차지하다 užimti aizņemt (laiku, platību) memenuhi in beslag nemen oppta, inneha zajmować, mieszkać ډك كول، ځاى نيول ocupar a ocupa занимать zabrať zasesti zauzimati uppta กิน (เนื้อที่หรือเวลา) kaplamak 佔據 займати قبضہ کرنا، جگہ لينا chiếm giữ 占据
2. to live in. The family occupied a small flat. bewoon يَعيش في، يَسْكُنُ живея в morar em obývat beziehen bebo διαμένω σε ocupar, habitar, vivir en elama ساکن بودن asua occuper לָגוּר रहना zauzeti, nastaniti bent lakik menghuni búa (í) occupare; avere in affitto 住む 점유하다 užimti apdzīvot mendiami bewonen bo zajmować ميشته ، اوسيدل morar em a ocupa занимать (o)bývať stanovati živeti u bebo, bo i อาศัยอยู่ใน oturmak 住 займати رہنا cư ngụ 住
3. to capture. The soldiers occupied the town. beset, in beset neem يَحْتَل завземам ocupar obsadit besetzen besætte; okkupere καταλαμβάνω, κατακτώ ocupar, tomar posesión de, apoderarse de vallutama اشغال کردن vallata occuper לִכבּוֹש कब्जा करना zauzeti megszáll menduduki hernema occupare 占領する 점령하다 užimti okupēt, ieņemt menguasai bezetten okkupere, legge beslag på zajmować اشغال كول ocupar a ocupa оккупировать obsadiť okupirati okupirati ockupera ยึดครอง zaptetmek 佔領 захоплювати; окупувати قبضہ کرنا bắt giữ 占领
ˈoccupant noun
a person who occupies (a house etc), not necessarily the owner of the house. bewonder ساكِن في مَنْزِل، مُحْتَل обитател ocupante uživatel, obyvatel der/die Bewohner(in) beboer ένοικος inquilino, ocupante elanik ساکن asukas occupant/-ante דייר अधिभोक्ता, अधिवासी stanar bérlő, lakó penghuni íbúi, leigjandi occupante; affittuario 居住者 점유자 gyventojas iedzīvotājs; īrnieks penghuni bewoner beboer, leietaker, innehaver mieszkaniec ځاى پر ځاى، ميشت morador locatar житель, обитатель užívateľ stanovalec prisutni [tillfällig] innehavare, invånare ผู้ที่อาศัยอยู่ bir yerde oturan kimse; kiracı 佔有人,居住者 орендар; мешканець قابض người cư ngụ 占有者,居住者
ˌoccuˈpation noun
1. a person's job or work. beroep, ambag مِهْنَه، عَمَل работа emprego zaměstnání die Beschäftigung beskæftigelse επάγγελμα, απασχόληση ocupación, profesión amet شغل ammatti métier, profession מקצוע व्यवसाय zanimanje foglalkozás pekerjaan starf occupazione, impiego 職業 직업 užsiėmimas, darbas, profesija, verslas nodarbošanās pekerjaan beroep yrke, stilling, beskjeftigelse zajęcie وظيفه، دنده emprego ocupaţie профессия; род деятельности zamestnanie poklic zanimanje yrke, förvärvsarbete อาชีพ meslek, iş 職業 заняття; фах پيشہ nghề nghiệp 职业
2. the act of occupying (a house, town etc). besetting إشْغال المَنْزِل пребиваване ocupação okupace die Besetzung beboelse κατάληψη ocupación valdamine سکونت asuminen occupation כיבוש कब्जा करना useljavanje beköltözés penghunian búseta occupazione 居住 점유 užėmimas apdzīvošana pendudukan bewoning, bezetting ervervelse av eiendom, overtakelse zajmowanie اوسيدل ocupação ocu­pa­re проживание; захват okupácia zasedba okupacija ockupation, besättande การยึดครอง oturma 佔有 займання, заволодіння قبضہ sự chiếm đóng 占有
3. the period of time during which a town, house etc is occupied. During the occupation, there was a shortage of food. besetting, bewoning إحْتِلال окупация ocupação okupace die Besetzung besættelse κατοχή ocupación okupatsioon اشغال asuminen, miehitys occupation תְּקוּפָת כִּיבּוּש कब्जा okupacija, zauzetost elfoglalás; megszállás pendudukan hernám occupazione 占領 점유 기간 okupacija okupācija pendudukan bewoning, bezetting okkupasjon, besettelse okupacja اشغال ocupação ocupaţie оккупация okupácia zasedba okupacija ockupation ช่วงระยะเวลาการยึดครอง işgal 佔領期間 окупація قبضہ، تسلط thời hạn cư ngụ 占领期间
ˌoccuˈpational adjective
of, or caused by, a person's job. an occupational disease. beroeps= مِهَني، بِسَبَب المِهْنَه трудов ocupacional pracovní, z povolání Berufs-... arbejds- επαγγελματικός profesional ameti-, kutse- شغلی ammatti- qui a rapport au métier/à la profession מקצועי पेशेवराना profesionalni foglalkozási dengan pekerjaan atvinnu- professionale 職業の 직업상의 profesinis profesionāls; darba- pekerjaan beroeps- yrkes-, yrkesmessig zawodowy وظيفوى profissional pro­fe­sional профессиональный pracovný, z povolania poklicen profesionalni yrkes-, arbets- ซึ่งเกี่ยวกับอาชีพ meslekî 職業的 професійний پيشہ سے متعلق thuộc nghề nghiệp 职业的
ˈoccupier noun
an occupant. bewoner, huurder, besitter ساكِن، شاغِل обитател ocupante držitel, -ka, nájemník, -ice der/die Besitzer(in) okkupant ένοικος ocupante, inquilino valdaja ساکن؛ اشغالگر miehittäjä occupant/-ante דייר कब्जा करने वाला stanar bérlő, lakó, birtokló penghuni íbúi, leigjandi occupante 居住者 점유자 gyventojas iedzīvotājs; īrnieks penghuni bewoner beboer, innehaver, leietaker lokator اشغالګر، ميشت ocupante ocupant житель, обитатель držiteľ, -ka; nájomník, -čka stanovalec stanar innehavare, ockupant ผู้ครอบครอง belli bir yerde oturan kimse; kiracı 佔有者, 房客 мешканець; орендар قابض người chiếm giữ 占有者,房客
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occupy

→ يَحْتَلُّ obývat besætte bewohnen καταλαμβάνω ocupar asua occuper zauzeti occupare 占める 점유하다 gebruiken bebo okupić ocupar занимать ockupera อาศัยอยู่ใน oturmak sống 占领
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occupy

v. ocupar, llenar.
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With regard to narrow passes, if you can occupy them first, let them be strongly garrisoned and await the advent of the enemy.
With regard to precipitous heights, if you are beforehand with your adversary, you should occupy the raised and sunny spots, and there wait for him to come up.
The initial move was won by U-Dor, following which the two Chiefs escorted their respective Princesses to the square each was to occupy. It was the first time Gahan had been alone with Tara since she had been brought upon the field.
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Slowly pursuing my walk, I proposed to myself to occupy my mind to some useful purpose by arranging beforehand the composition of the letter which Miss Dunross was to write.
The writing of the letter would occupy us, at any rate.
What place will the moon occupy in the heavens at the moment of the projectile's departure?"
-- If the shot should preserve continuously its initial velocity of 12,000 yards per second, it would require little more than nine hours to reach its destination; but, inasmuch as that initial velocity will be continually decreasing, it will occupy 300,000 seconds, that is 83hrs.
As to the sixth question, "What place will the moon occupy in the heavens at the moment of the projectile's departure?"
She ascertained from old Mazey that it was his master's custom, during the winter and spring months, to occupy the rooms in the north wing; and during the summer and autumn to cross the Arctic passage of "Freeze-your-Bones," and live in the eastward apartments which looked out on the garden.
The Trust might be locked up in any one of some twenty receptacles for papers, situated in four different rooms; and which room was the likeliest to look in, which receptacle was the most promising to begin with, which position among other heaps of papers the one paper needful might be expected to occupy, was more than she could say.
Contrary to the arrangement followed for that of the Earth and Mars, the continents occupy more particularly the southern hemisphere of the lunar globe.
Not only their formation, but their situation and aspect remind one of the terrestrial oceans; but again, as on earth, these seas occupy the greater portion of the globe.

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