Occupy

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- 1.1 Verb
  - 1.1.1 Translations
- 1.2 Derived terms

English

Verb

to occupy (third-person singular simple present occupies, present participle occupying, simple past occupied, past participle occupied)

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: To fill either time or space.

The film occupied three hours of my time.
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: To live or reside in.

We occupy a small flat.
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: To fill or hold a position.

I occupy the post of deputy cat catcher.
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: To conquer somewhere.

The Germans occupied the Channel Islands.
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: To hold the attention of.

I occupied her friend while he made his proposal.]
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1590s: God's light, these villains will make the word as odious as the word 'occupy;' which was an excellent good word before it was ill sorted — William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 2, II.iv [1].