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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; ... show more

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.


Moby thesaurus: absorbed, absorbed in, abstracted, at it, at work, buried in, buried in thought, busy, caught up in, colonized, contemplating, contemplative, devoted, devoted to, empeopled, employed, engaged, engaged in thought, engrossed, engrossed in ... show more.

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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; ... show more

3 occupy

Occupy the whole of.

synonym: fill.

Dutch: innemen

4 occupy

Be on the mind of.

synonyms: concern, interest, worry.

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; ... show more

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 ... show more.

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