occupy

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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

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.

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See words rhyming with "occupier."

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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