Definition of Occupies

1. Verb. (third-person singular of occupy) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Occupies

1. occupy [v] - See also: occupy

Lexicographical Neighbors of Occupies

occupational medicine
occupational name
occupational neurosis
occupational safety and health act
occupational safety and health administration
occupational spasm
occupational therapist
occupational therapists
occupational therapy
occupationally
occupationless
occupations
occupied
occupier
occupiers
occupies (current term)
occupy oneself
occupying
occur
occured
occurence
occuring
occurred
occurrence
occurrences
occurrent
occurrents
occurring
occurs

Literary usage of Occupies

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1876)
"It occupies an elegant frame about six feet bv eight. The whole Declaration of Independence is here written in the perfection of simple and fancy penmanship ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1897)
"It occupies the whole interval between the Silurian and Carboniferous strata. In order to account for the differences the principles of (a) difference of ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"... apparatus in this typical plant is somewhat intricate and occupies considerable space. cost and generally in complication, with the size of the station, ..."

4. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1908)
"THE common woodchuck or ground hog, Marmota monax, is found rather frequently in most parts of central Kentucky; and, since it occupies the same burrows, ..."

5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1911)
"... and to close ¡t again the motion of the handwheel is simply reversed; either closing or opening the breech by hand occupies about 6 seconds. ..."

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