occupy

/'ɔkjupai/
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Definition
  1. Verb:
    • To reside in or use a place: To live in, stay in, or use a particular space or building.
    • To fill or take up (space, time, or attention): To use a particular amount of space or time; to engage someone's mind or attention fully.
    • To hold or fill (a position, role, or job): To have a particular job, position, or role.
    • To take control of a place by military force: To move into and take control of a place, especially by force.
Usage
  • To reside in or use a place: This meaning focuses on physically being in a location.
  • To fill or take up (space, time, or attention): This meaning is about consumption or engagement, often abstract (like time or mental space).
  • To hold or fill (a position, role, or job): This is a formal use, relating to professional or official status.
  • To take control of a place by military force: This is a specific, often political or historical, context of seizing territory.
Examples
  • To reside in or use a place:
    • She occupies a small apartment in the city center.
    • The museum occupies a historic building.
  • To fill or take up (space, time, or attention):
    • This table occupies too much space in the room.
    • Planning the event occupied most of my week.
    • A single thought occupied his mind.
  • To hold or fill (a position, role, or job):
    • He occupies the position of Chief Financial Officer.
    • She has occupied the role of professor for twenty years.
  • To take control of a place by military force:
    • The army was ordered to occupy the strategic town.
    • The region was occupied for several years during the war.
Advanced Usage
  • "to occupy oneself with (something)": To keep oneself busy with a particular activity.
    • He occupies himself with gardening on the weekends.
  • Passive voice for state of control: Often used in the passive voice to describe a state of being under foreign control.
    • The capital city is currently occupied by rebel forces.
Variants and Related Words
  • Occupier (n): A person or group that occupies a place, especially by force.
    • The occupiers imposed a curfew.
  • Occupant (n): A person who resides in or uses a space.
    • The current occupant of the house is very quiet.
  • Occupation (n): The action or state of occupying; also, a job or profession.
    • The military occupation lasted a decade. (state of control)
    • Teaching is her chosen occupation. (profession)
Synonyms
  • Inhabit: To live in or occupy a place (as a resident).
  • Engage: To occupy or attract (someone's attention or interest).
  • Hold: To have or occupy (a job or position).
  • Take up: To fill or use (space or time).
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Occupy with: To keep someone busy or engaged with something.
    • The teacher occupied the children with a puzzle.
Related Idioms
  • (To be) occupied with: To be busy doing or thinking about something.
    • She is completely occupied with her new research project.
Verb
  1. assume, as of positions or roles
    • She took the job as director of development
    • he occupies the position of manager
    • the young prince will soon occupy the throne
  2. consume all of one's attention or time
    • Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely
  3. require (time or space)
    • It took three hours to get to work this morning
    • This event occupied a very short time
  4. march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation
    • Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939
  5. be on the mind of
    • I worry about the second Germanic consonant shift
  6. occupy the whole of
    • The liquid fills the container
  7. live (in a certain place)
    • She resides in Princeton
    • he occupies two rooms on the top floor
  8. keep busy with
    • She busies herself with her butterfly collection

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