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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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   What does occupied mean?

   • , oc·cu·pied, oc·cu·py·ing. I occupied my evenings reading novels. Occupy the children with a game while I prepare dinner. We occupied the same house for 20 years. to hold (a position, office, etc.). to take possession and control of (a place), as by military invasion. Let’s Occupy our voting rights!

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   What does occupy mean?

   • to take or hold possession. Usually Occupy. to participate in a protest about a social or political issue. the Occupy movement for social justice. “Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 See have.

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   What does occupying a room mean?

   • If a room or something such as a seat is occupied, someone is using it, so that it is not available for anyone else. If a group of people or an army occupies a place or country, they move into it, using force in order to gain control of it. U.S. forces now occupy a part of the country. [VERB noun]

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   What does occupy a person's mind Mean?

   • to fill your time or keep you busy doing something Problems at work continued to occupy his mind for some time. occupy somebody/something/yourself with somebody/something She occupied herself with routine office tasks. occupy somebody/something/yourself (in) doing something She occupied herself doing routine office tasks.

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   Who occupy a building or a place?

   • The people who occupy a building or a place are the people who live or work there. There were over 40 tenants, all occupying one wing of the hospital. [VERB noun] Land is, in most instances, purchased by those who occupy it. [VERB noun]

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   Why is the word occupy a taboo?

   • The verb occupy, common in later Middle and early Modern English, was very infrequently used in the 17th and first two thirds of the 18th century; it has been suggested that this was due to the sense "to have sexual intercourse with (a woman)," which impinged by connotation on the less charged meanings and led to a taboo on any use of the word.

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   OCCUPY definition: 1. to fill, exist in, or use a place or period of time: 2. to keep someone busy or interested: 3…. Learn more.

   • English (US)

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

   • Occupy in Simplified Chinese

     OCCUPY translate: 填充, 占有，占用，占据（空间或时间）, 使（某人）忙于；使（某人）感兴趣, 控制,...

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     OCCUPY translate: 填充, 佔有，佔用，佔據（空間或時間）, 使（某人）忙於；使（某人）感興趣, 控制,...

   • Znaczenie Occupy, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

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

   • Occupy: German Translation

     OCCUPY translate: einnehmen, beziehen, besetzen. Learn more...

   • Occupy: Catalan Translation

     OCCUPY translate: ocupar, ocupar, ocupar. Learn more in the...

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   The meaning of OCCUPY is to engage the attention or energies of. How to use occupy in a sentence.

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   verb (used with object) , oc·cu·pied, oc·cu·py·ing. to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels. to engage or employ the mind, energy, or attention of: Occupy the children with a game while I prepare dinner. Synonyms: busy, use. to be a resident or tenant of; dwell in: We occupied the same house for 20 years.

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   5 meanings: 1. to live or be established in (a house, flat, office, etc) 2. to keep (a person) busy or engrossed; engage the.... Click for more definitions.

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   OCCUPY meaning: 1. to fill, exist in, or use a place or period of time: 2. to keep someone busy or interested: 3…. Learn more.

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   verb. assume, as of positions or roles. “he occupies the position of manager” “the young prince will soon occupy the throne” synonyms: fill, take. assume, strike, take, take up. occupy or take on. see more. verb. keep busy with.

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   OCCUPY definition: 1. to fill a place or period of time: 2. to live or work in a room or building: 3. to move into a…. Learn more.