occupy

occupy
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W2S3 [ˈɔkjupaı US ˈa:k-] v past tense and past participle occupied present participle occupying third person singular occupies [T]
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1¦(stay in a place)¦
2¦(fill time)¦
3¦(control by force)¦
4¦(fill space)¦
5 occupy somebody's mind/thoughts/attention
6¦(use)¦
7¦(official position)¦
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[Date: 1300-1400; : French; Origin: occuper, from Latin occupare]
1.) ¦(STAY IN A PLACE)¦
to live or stay in a place
▪ He occupies the house without paying any rent.
▪ The building was purchased and occupied by its new owners last year.
2.) ¦(FILL TIME)¦
if something occupies you or your time, you are busy doing it
▪ Football occupies most of my leisure time.
occupy sb with (doing) sth
▪ Only six percent of police time is occupied with criminal incidents.
3.) ¦(CONTROL BY FORCE)¦
to enter a place in a large group and keep control of it, especially by military force
→↑invade
▪ an occupying army
▪ Students occupied Sofia university on Monday.
4.) ¦(FILL SPACE)¦
to fill a particular amount of space
▪ Family photos occupied almost the entire wall.
5.) occupy sb's mind/thoughts/attention
if something occupies your mind etc, you think about that thing more than anything else
→↑preoccupy
▪ Work will occupy your mind and help you forget about him.
6.) ¦(USE)¦
to use something such as a room, seat, or bed
▪ Many patients who are occupying hospital beds could be transferred to other places.
7.) ¦(OFFICIAL POSITION)¦
to have an official position or job
▪ Before becoming prime minister, he had already occupied several cabinet posts.
→↑occupied

Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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