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occupied
adjective
1 occupied
Held or filled or in use.
Roget 682:
active,
brisk,
brisk as a lark,
brisk as a bee;
lively,
animated,
vivacious;
alive,
alive and kicking;
frisky,
spirited,
stirring.
nimble,
nimble as a squirrel;
agile;
light-footed,
nimble-footed;
featly†,
tripping.
quick,
prompt,
yare†,
instant,
ready,
alert,
spry,
sharp,
smart;
fast
etc.
(swift)
274;
quick as a lamplighter,
expeditious;
awake,
broad awake;
go-ahead,
live wide-awake [U.S.]
etc.
(intelligent)
498.
forward,
eager,
strenuous,
zealous,
enterprising,
in earnest;
resolute
etc.
604.
industrious,
assiduous,
diligent,
sedulous,
notable,
painstaking;
intent
etc.
(attention)
457;
indefatigable
etc.
(persevering)
604.1;
unwearied;
unsleeping†,
never tired;
plodding,
hard-working
etc.
686;
businesslike,
workaday.
bustling;
restless,
restless as a hyena;
fussy,
fidgety,
pottering;
busy,
busy as hen with one chicken.
working,
at work,
on duty,
in harness;
up in arms;
on one's legs,
at call;
up and doing,
up and stirring.
busy,
occupied;
hard at work,
hard at it;
up to one's ears in,
full of business,
busy as a bee,
busy as a one-armed paperhanger.
meddling
etc.
v.;
meddlesome,
pushing,
officious,
overofficious†,
intrigant†.
astir,
stirring;
agoing†,
afoot;
on foot;
in full swing;
eventful;
on the alert,
etc.
(vigilant)
459.
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2 occupied
Seized and controlled as by military invasion.
3 occupied
Resided in; having tenants:
— Not all the occupied (or tenanted) apartments were well kept up.
synonym: tenanted.
4 occupied
Having ones attention or mind or energy engaged:
— She keeps herself fully occupied with volunteer activities.
synonym: engaged.
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occupy
verb
1 occupy
Keep busy with.
synonym: busy.
Dutch: bezighouden
2 occupy
Live (in a certain place).
synonyms: lodge in, reside.
Roget 186:
exist in space,
be present
etc.
adj.;
assister†;
make one of,
make one at;
look on,
attend,
remain;
find oneself,
present oneself;
show one's face;
fall in the way of,
occur in a place;
lie,
stand;
occupy;
be there.
people;
inhabit,
dwell,
reside,
stay,
sojourn,
live,
abide,
lodge,
nestle,
roost,
perch;
take up one's abode
etc.
(be located)
184;
tenant.
resort to,
frequent,
haunt;
revisit.
fill,
pervade,
permeate;
be diffused,
be disseminated,
be through;
over spread,
overrun;
run through;
meet one at every turn.
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3 occupy
Occupy the whole of.
synonym: fill.
Dutch: innemen
4 occupy
5 occupy
March aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation.
synonym: invade.
Dutch: bezetten
6 occupy
Require (time or space).
synonyms: take, use up.
Dutch: beslaan, bezetten, doen, occuperen
7 occupy
Consume all of one's attention or time.
synonyms: absorb, engage, engross.
Roget 777:
possess,
have,
hold,
occupy,
enjoy;
be possessed of
etc.
adj.;
have in hand
etc.
adj.;
own
etc.
780;
command.
inherit;
come to,
come in for.
engross,
monopolize,
forestall,
regrate†,
impropriate†,
have all to oneself;
corner;
have a firmhold of
etc.
(retain)
781†;
get into one's hand
etc.
(acquire)
775.
belong to,
appertain to,
pertain to;
be in one's possession
etc.
adj.;
vest in.
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8 occupy
Assume, as of positions or roles:
— The young prince will soon occupy the throne.
synonyms: fill, take.
Moby thesaurus: abide, absorb, absorb the attention, admit, adopt, amuse, appropriate, arrest, arrogate, assimilate, assume, attend to business, be enfeoffed of, be possessed of, be seized of, beguile, berth, bespread, boast, bunk, busy, capture, catch, charm, claim, cohabit, colonize, come uppermost, command, complete, comprehend, comprise, conquer, consume, contain, count in, cover, crawl with, creep with, devote, diffuse, distract, divert, domicile, domiciliate, dominate, doss down, dwell, eat up, embody, embrace, employ, enchant, encircle, enclose, encompass, engage, engage the attention, engage the mind, engage the thoughts, engross, engross the mind, engross the thoughts, enjoy, enslave, entertain, enthrall, envisage, exercise, extend over, extend throughout, fascinate, fill, fill in, fill out, fill the mind, fill up, garrison, grab, grip, hang out, have, have and hold, have in hand, have tenure of, hog, hold, hold spellbound, hold the interest, honeycomb, hypnotize, imbue, immerse, include, incorporate, indent, inhabit, interest, invade, involve, involve the interest, jump a claim, leave no void, leaven, live, lodge, make free with, make use of, mesmerize, mind the store, monopolize, monopolize the thoughts, move in, move into, nest, number among, obsess, obsess the mind, occupy the attention, occupy the mind, overrun, overspread, overswarm, pass the time, penetrate, people, perch, permeate, pervade, populate, possess, preempt, preoccupy, prepossess, receive, reckon among, reckon in, reckon with, remain, requisition, reside, room, roost, run through, seize, seize the mind, settle in, settle into, sit on, soak, spellbind, spend, spend the time, squat, squat on, stay, subjugate, suffuse, swarm with, take all of, take in, take into account, take into consideration, take it all, take over, take possession of, take up, teem with, tenant, transfuse, use up, usucapt, usurp ... show more.
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