occupy
11occupy — [[t]ɒ̱kjʊpaɪ[/t]] ♦♦ occupies, occupying, occupied 1) VERB The people who occupy a building or a place are the people who live or work there. [V n] There were over 40 tenants, all occupying one wing of the hospital... [V n] Land is, in most… …
12occupy */*/*/ — UK [ˈɒkjʊpaɪ] / US [ˈɑkjəˌpaɪ] verb [transitive] Word forms occupy : present tense I/you/we/they occupy he/she/it occupies present participle occupying past tense occupied past participle occupied 1) a) if someone occupies a room, building, area… …
13occupy — 01. Children need something to [occupy] their time; otherwise, they get bored. 02. The outhouse was [occupied], so I had to pee in the bushes. 03. You children need to find something to [occupy] your time instead of sitting around watching… …
14occupy — oc|cu|py W2S3 [ˈɔkjupaı US ˈa:k ] v past tense and past participle occupied present participle occupying third person singular occupies [T] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(stay in a place)¦ 2¦(fill time)¦ 3¦(control by force)¦ 4¦(fill space)¦ 5 occupy somebody s… …
15occupy — oc|cu|py [ akjə,paı ] verb transitive *** ▸ 1 use a place ▸ 2 be in control of place ▸ 3 have job/position ▸ 4 keep someone busy ▸ 5 regularly think about something 1. ) if someone occupies a room, building, area of land, seat, bed, or other… …
16occupy — verb (T) 1 STAY IN A PLACE formal to live or stay in a place: The Jackson family have occupied this apartment for the past six months. 2 be occupied if a room, seat, or bed is occupied, someone is in it or using it 3 SEIZE AND CONTROL to enter a… …
17occupy — transitive verb ( pied; pying) Etymology: Middle English occupien to take possession of, occupy, from Anglo French occupier, occuper, from Latin occupare, from ob toward + cupare (akin to capere to seize) more at ob , heave Date: 14th century 1.… …
18occupy — verb Occupy is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑army, ↑cubicle, ↑settler, ↑tenant, ↑troops Occupy is used with these nouns as the object: ↑base, ↑bed, ↑building, ↑chair, ↑country, ↑ …
19occupy — Synonyms and related words: abide, absorb, absorb the attention, admit, adopt, amuse, appropriate, arrest, arrogate, assimilate, assume, attend to business, be enfeoffed of, be possessed of, be seized of, beguile, berth, bespread, boast, bunk,… …
20occupy — v. (d; refl., tr.) to occupy with (she occupypied them with minor chores) * * * [ ɒkjʊpaɪ] (d; refl.,tr.) to occupy with (she occupyied them with minor chores) …
