occupy

tr.v., -pied, -py·ing, -pies.

1. To fill up (time or space): a lecture that occupied three hours.
2. To dwell or reside in.
3. To hold or fill (an office or position).
4. To seize possession of and maintain control over by or as if by conquest.
5. To engage or employ the attention or concentration of: occupied the children with coloring books.

[Middle English occupien, alteration of Old French occuper, from Latin occupāre, to seize : ob-, intensive pref.; see ob- + capere, to take.]

occupier oc'cu·pi'er n.

verb

1. To live in (a place), as does a people: inhabit, people, populate. See place.
2. To seize and move into by force: take over. See attack/defend.
3. To cause to be busy or in use: engage, monopolize, preempt, tie up. See action/inaction, used/unused.
4. To make busy: busy, employ, engage. See action/inaction.
5. To get and hold the attention of: engage, involve. See excite/bore/interest.

v

Definition: be busy with
Antonyms: be inactive, be lazy, idle

v

Definition: reside; use
Antonyms: leave, not use, quit

v

Definition: seize, take over
Antonyms: abandon, surrender, yield

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v. -ies, -ied 1. take control of (a place, especially a country) by military conquest or settlement: Syria was occupied by France under a League of Nations mandate.

2. enter, take control of, and stay in (a building) illegally and often forcibly, especially as a form of protest: the workers occupied the factory.

occupier n.

See the Introduction, Abbreviations and Pronunciation for further details.

IN BRIEF: To live in.

I happen temporarily to occupy this big White House. I am living witness that any one of your children may look to come here as my father's child has. — Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), 16th US President, from Speech to One Hundred Sixty-sixth Ohio Regiment, August 22, 1864.

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - tage i besiddelse, besidde, bebo, indehave, beklæde, optage, dække

Nederlands (Dutch)
bekleden, bezetten, bewonen

Français (French)
v. tr. - occuper, remplir, prendre (le temps), durer (une activité), capter (l'attention), occuper/être occupé (à), remplir (une fonction)

Deutsch (German)
v. - innehaben, beschäftigen, besetzen, einnehmen, in Anspruch nehmen, bewohnen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - καταλαμβάνω ή κατέχω (χώρο κ.λπ.), έχω ή παίρνω υπό την κατοχή μου, νέμομαι, διαμένω, ενοικώ, κατοικώ, κατέχω (θέση, αξίωμα κ.λπ.), απασχολώ (ως εργοδότης)

Italiano (Italian)
occupare, coprire, ricoprire, tenere, impiegare, abitare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - ocupar

Русский (Russian)
занимать, завладевать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - ocupar, desempeñar, emplear, dar trabajo, vivir en

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - ockupera, besätta, inneha, bo i, uppta, sysselsätta

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
占领, 住进, 占

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 佔領, 住進, 占

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 점령하다, 거주하다, 종사하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 占める, 住む, 占領する, 従事させる, 居住する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يشغل, يحتل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮החזיק, גר, דר, כבש, העסיק, גזל (זמן), תפס‬

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