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Definition of Occupy

1. Verb. Keep busy with. "She busies herself with her butterfly collection"

2. Verb. Live (in a certain place). "He occupies two rooms on the top floor"

3. Verb. Occupy the whole of. "The books occupy the box "; "The liquid fills the container"

4. Verb. Be on the mind of. "The bad news will occupy him"; "I worry about the second Germanic consonant shift"

5. Verb. March aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation. "Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939"

6. Verb. Require (time or space). "They occupy a long time"; "This event occupied a very short time"

7. Verb. Consume all of one's attention or time. "They occupy themselves"; "Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely"

8. Verb. Assume, as of positions or roles. "The young prince will soon occupy the throne"

Definition of Occupy

1. v. t. To take or hold possession of; to hold or keep for use; to possess.

2. v. i. To hold possession; to be an occupant.

Definition of Occupy

1. Verb. (transitive) To fill (time). ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To fill (space). ¹

3. Verb. (transitive) To live or reside in. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive military) To have, or to have taken, possession or control of (a territory). ¹

5. Verb. (transitive) To fill or hold (an official position or role). ¹

6. Verb. (transitive) To possess or use the time or capacity of; to engage the service of. ¹

7. Verb. (transitive) To hold the attention of. ¹

8. Verb. (transitive, obsolete) To cohabit, to have sexual intercourse with.Sidney J. Baker, ''The Australian Language'', second edition, 1966. ¹

9. Verb. (transitive surveying) To place the theodolite or total station at (a point). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Occupy

1. to engage the attention or energies of [v -PIED, -PYING, -PIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Occupy

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 occupy oneself occupying occur occured occurence

occuring occurred occurrence occurrences occurrent occurrents occurring occurs occursion

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