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occupy
oc·cu·py O0022000 (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.occupy (ˈɒkjʊˌpaɪ) vb (tr) , -pies, -pying or -pied1. to live or be established in (a house, flat, office, etc)2. (often passive) to keep (a person) busy or engrossed; engage the attention of3. (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]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. occupy
Past participle: occupied
Gerund: occupying
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| I occupy | | you occupy | | he/she/it occupies | | we occupy | | you occupy | | they occupy |
| Preterite |
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| I occupied | | you occupied | | he/she/it occupied | | we occupied | | you occupied | | they occupied |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am occupying | | you are occupying | | he/she/it is occupying | | we are occupying | | you are occupying | | they are occupying |
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| I have occupied | | you have occupied | | he/she/it has occupied | | we have occupied | | you have occupied | | they have occupied |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was occupying | | you were occupying | | he/she/it was occupying | | we were occupying | | you were occupying | | they were occupying |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had occupied | | you had occupied | | he/she/it had occupied | | we had occupied | | you had occupied | | they had occupied |
| Future |
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| I will occupy | | you will occupy | | he/she/it will occupy | | we will occupy | | you will occupy | | they will occupy |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| I would occupy | | you would occupy | | he/she/it would occupy | | we would occupy | | you would occupy | | they would occupy |
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| 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 |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | occupy - keep busy with; "She busies herself with her butterfly collection"busywork - 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"lodge in, residemove in - occupy a place; "The crowds are moving in"stay at - reside temporarily; "I'm staying at the Hilton"squat - occupy (a dwelling) illegallyinhabit, 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"fillcrowd - 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"concern, interest, worry | | 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"invadeattack, 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"take, use updeplete, 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"engage, engross, absorbinvolve - 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"fill, takeassume, 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" |
occupyverb1. 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, vacate2. 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, retreat3. 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 churchoccupyverb1. To live in (a place), as does a people:inhabit, people, populate.2. To seize and move into by force:take over.3. To cause to be busy or in use:engage, monopolize, preempt, tie up.4. To make busy:busy, employ, engage.5. To get and hold the attention of:engage, involve.Translationsoccupy (ˈokjupai) verb1. to be in or fill (time, space etc). A table occupied the centre of the room. 佔據 占据2. to live in. The family occupied a small flat. 住 住3. to capture. The soldiers occupied the town. 佔領 占领ˈoccupant noun a person who occupies (a house etc), not necessarily the owner of the house. 佔有人，居住者 占有者，居住者 ˌoccuˈpation noun1. a person's job or work. 職業 职业2. the act of occupying (a house, town etc). 佔有 占有3. the period of time during which a town, house etc is occupied. During the occupation, there was a shortage of food. 佔領期間 占领期间ˌoccuˈpational adjective of, or caused by, a person's job. an occupational disease. 職業的 职业的ˈoccupier noun an occupant. 佔有者, 房客 占有者，房客 occupy
occupy (oneself)To keep oneself busy or distracted (by doing something). A: "It might take a while for this to finish up." B: "Don't worry about me, I can occupy myself." The children like to occupy themselves by reading.See also: occupyoccupy (someone or oneself) by (doing something)To keep oneself or someone else busy or distracted by doing something. A: "It might take a while for this to finish up." B: "Don't worry about me, I can occupy myself by reading." Dan's occupying the kids by showing them different bugs in the back yard.See also: by, occupyoccupy (someone or oneself) with (something)To keep oneself or someone else busy or distracted with some activity or thing. A: "It might take a while for this to finish up." B: "Don't worry about me, I can occupy myself with a book." Dan's occupying the kids with a bug hunt in the back yard.See also: occupyoccupy oneself (by something)to keep busy by doing something. Don't worry. I can occupy myself by knitting or sewing. While waiting, I occupied myself by knitting a scarf.See also: occupyoccupy someone with somethingto keep someone busy with something. Can you occupy the child with this toy? Here, occupy yourself with this crossword puzzle.See also: occupyoccupy withv.1. To fill, hold, or control some place through some set of things or people: The army occupied the town with their third division. The town built new office buildings and occupied them with workers from the health department.2. To fill some period of time by engaging in or with something: I occupied my spare time with books. You'll never be able to occupy your entire morning with writing.3. To engage someone in some activity or some object of attention: The teacher occupied the students with their science projects for the morning. During the cold winter afternoons, we occupied ourselves with card games.See also: occupyoccupy
occupy[′äk·yə‚pī] (engineering) To set a surveying instrument over a point for the purpose of making observations or measurements. MedicalSeeoccupationFinancialSeeOccupantoccupy
Synonyms for occupyverb inhabitSynonyms- inhabit
- own
- live in
- stay in
- 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
Antonyms- abandon
- desert
- quit
- depart
- evacuate
- vacate
verb invadeSynonyms- invade
- take over
- capture
- seize
- conquer
- keep
- hold
- garrison
- overrun
- annex
- take possession of
- colonize
Antonymsverb holdSynonyms- hold
- control
- dominate
- possess
verb take upSynonyms- take up
- consume
- tie up
- use up
- monopolize
- keep busy or occupied
verb engageSynonyms- engage
- interest
- involve
- employ
- busy
- entertain
- absorb
- amuse
- divert
- preoccupy
- immerse
- hold the attention of
- engross
- keep busy or occupied
verb take upSynonyms- take up
- cover
- fill
- fill up
- utilize
- pervade
- permeate
- extend over
Synonyms for occupyverb to live in (a place), as does a peopleSynonymsverb to seize and move into by forceSynonymsverb to cause to be busy or in useSynonyms- engage
- monopolize
- preempt
- tie up
verb to make busySynonymsverb to get and hold the attention ofSynonymsSynonyms for occupyverb keep busy withSynonymsRelated Words- work
- putter
- potter
- smatter
- play around
- dabble
verb live (in a certain place)SynonymsRelated Words- move in
- stay at
- squat
- inhabit
- live
- populate
- dwell
- crash
verb occupy the whole ofSynonymsRelated Wordsverb be on the mind ofSynonymsverb march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupationSynonymsRelated Words- attack
- assail
- infest
- overrun
verb require (time or space)SynonymsRelated Words- deplete
- use up
- wipe out
- eat up
- exhaust
- run through
- eat
- consume
- expend
- use
- be
verb consume all of one's attention or timeSynonymsRelated Words- involve
- consume
- rivet
- interest
verb assume, as of positions or rolesSynonymsRelated Words- assume
- take up
- strike
- take
- do work
- work
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