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Occupied   /ˈɑkjəpˌaɪd/   Listen
Occupied

adjective
1.
Held or filled or in use.  "The wc is occupied"
2.
Seized and controlled as by military invasion.
3.
Resided in; having tenants.  Synonym: tenanted.
4.
Having ones attention or mind or energy engaged.  Synonym: engaged.  "Deeply engaged in conversation"


Occupy

verb
(past & past part. occupied; pres. part. occupying)
1.
Keep busy with.  Synonym: busy.
2.
Live (in a certain place).  Synonyms: lodge in, reside.  "He occupies two rooms on the top floor"
3.
Occupy the whole of.  Synonym: fill.
4.
Be on the mind of.  Synonyms: concern, interest, worry.
5.
March aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation.  Synonym: invade.
6.
Require (time or space).  Synonyms: take, use up.  "This event occupied a very short time"
7.
Consume all of one's attention or time.  Synonyms: absorb, engage, engross.
8.
Assume, as of positions or roles.  Synonyms: fill, take.  "He occupies the position of manager" , "The young prince will soon occupy the throne"



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"Occupied" Quotes from Famous Books



... after, well wrapt from the cold, he took his place in a slow train, and at the station was heartily welcomed by his grandfather, who had come with his pony-cart to take him home. Settled in the room once occupied by Alice, he felt like a usurper, a robber of the helpless: he had left her in misery and wretchedness, and was in the heart of the comfort that had once been hers. He had to tell himself that it was foolish; that he was there ...
— There & Back • George MacDonald
... occupied an outside, southern-exposure suite of five rooms and three baths, jazz-danced on the same cabaret floor with ...
— The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story • Various
... rates are given by the week; from some of the examples given at the end of this chapter, it will be seen that these are occupied by men with ...
— The Social Work of the Salvation Army • Edwin Gifford Lamb
... they lived at Mount Vernon, they attended divine service at Christ Church, Alexandria, Virginia, one of the quaint little landmarks of the town which is still standing. For a number of years he was a vestryman of the church, and the pew occupied by him is visited yearly by thousands of tourists while sight-seeing in the national Capitol. Indeed all the churches, so far as known, in which he once worshipped, have preserved his pew intact, while there are hundreds ...
— Threads of Grey and Gold • Myrtle Reed
... said the coroner, and Lester Stark threaded his way back to the chair he had occupied during the proceedings, rather red in the face, and with blazing eyes and ...
— The Riddle of the Frozen Flame • Mary E. Hanshew


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