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/ˈɑkjəpˌaɪd/ Listen

adjective

occupied adj.

Engaged; in use; being used by a person and not free for use by someone else; as, the wc is occupied. Opposite of free, available, and unoccupied.

Inhabited, lived-in, tenanted; having residents; of dwelling units. (Narrower terms: owner-occupied) WordNet 1.5)

Overrun, taken over; of countries or territories; as, occupied France. Opposite of unoccupied.

Busy; actively or fully engaged in some activity; of people. Opposite of idle.

Synonyms: employed, engaged.

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Etymology of 'Occupied'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... 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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