occupy
occupy
(ɒkjʊpaɪ )Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense occupies , present participle occupying , past tense, past participle occupied
1. verb
The people who occupy a building or a place are the people who live or work there.
There were over 40 tenants, all occupying one wing of the hospital. [VERB noun]
Land is, in most instances, purchased by those who occupy it. [VERB noun]
2. passive verb
3. verb
If a group of people or an army occupies a place or country, they move into it, using force in order to gain control of it.
U.S. forces now occupy a part of the country. [VERB noun]
Alexandretta had been occupied by the French in 1918 after the defeat of Turkey. [VERB noun]
...the occupied territories. [VERB-ed]
4. verb
5. verb
If something occupies you, or if you occupy yourself, your time, or your mind with it, you are busy doing that thing or thinking about it.
Her parliamentary career has occupied all of her time. [VERB noun]
He hurried to take the suitcases and occupy himself with packing the car. [VERB pronoun-reflexive + with]
I would deserve to be pitied if I couldn't occupy myself. [VERB pronoun-reflexive]
[Also VERB noun + with]occupied adjective [verb-link ADJECTIVE]
Keep the brain occupied.
I had forgotten all about it because I had been so occupied with other things. [+ with]
6. verb
7. verb
8. verb
