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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Occupy \Oc"cu*py\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Occupied; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Occupying.] [OE. occupien, F. occuper, fr.L. occupare;
     ob (see Ob-) + a word akin to capere to take. See
     Capacious.]
     1. To take or hold possession of; to hold or keep for use; to
        possess.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Woe occupieth the fine [end] of our gladness.
                                                    --Chaucer.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The better apartments were already occupied. --W.
                                                    Irving.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To hold, or fill, the dimensions of; to take up the room
        or space of; to cover or fill; as, the camp occupies five
        acres of ground. --Sir J. Herschel.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To possess or use the time or capacity of; to engage the
        service of; to employ; to busy.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              An archbishop may have cause to occupy more
              chaplains than six.                   --Eng. Statute
                                                    (Hen. VIII. )
        [1913 Webster]
  
              They occupied themselves about the Sabbath. --2
                                                    Macc. viii.
                                                    27.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. To do business in; to busy one's self with. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              All the ships of the sea, with their mariners, were
              in thee to occupy the merchandise.    --Ezek. xxvii.
                                                    9.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Not able to occupy their old crafts.  --Robynson
                                                    (More's
                                                    Utopia).
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. To use; to expend; to make use of. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              All the gold that was occupied for the work. --Ex.
                                                    xxxviii. 24.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              They occupy not money themselves.     --Robynson
                                                    (More's
                                                    Utopia).
        [1913 Webster]
  
     6. To have sexual intercourse with. [Obs.] --Nares.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  occupied \occupied\ adj.
     1. Engaged; in use; being used by a person and not free for
        use by someone else; as, the wc is occupied. Opposite of
        free, available, and unoccupied.
        [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. Inhabited, lived-in, tenanted; having residents; -- of
        dwelling units. [Narrower terms: owner-occupied] WordNet
        1.5]
  
     3. Overrun, taken over; -- of countries or territories; as,
        occupied France. Opposite of unoccupied.
        [WordNet 1.5]
  
     4. Busy; actively or fully engaged in some activity; -- of
        people. Opposite of idle.
  
     Syn: employed, engaged.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Occupy \Oc"cu*py\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Occupied; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Occupying.] [OE. occupien, F. occuper, fr.L. occupare;
     ob (see Ob-) + a word akin to capere to take. See
     Capacious.]
     1. To take or hold possession of; to hold or keep for use; to
        possess.
  
              Woe occupieth the fine [/end] of our gladness.
                                                    --Chaucer.
  
              The better apartments were already occupied. --W.
                                                    Irving.
  
     2. To hold, or fill, the dimensions of; to take up the room
        or space of; to cover or fill; as, the camp occupies five
        acres of ground. --Sir J. Herschel.
  
     3. To possess or use the time or capacity of; to engage the
        service of; to employ; to busy.
  
              An archbishop may have cause to occupy more
              chaplains than six.                   --Eng. Statute
                                                    (Hen. VIII. )
  
              They occupied themselves about the Sabbath. --2
                                                    Macc. viii.
                                                    27.
  
     4. To do business in; to busy one's self with. [Obs.]
  
              All the ships of the sea, with their mariners, were
              in thee to occupy the merchandise.    --Ezek. xxvii.
                                                    9.
  
              Not able to occupy their old crafts.  --Robynson
                                                    (More's
                                                    Utopia).
  
     5. To use; to expend; to make use of. [Obs.]
  
              All the gold that was occupied for the work. --Ex.
                                                    xxxviii. 24.
  
              They occupy not money themselves.     --Robynson
                                                    (More's
                                                    Utopia).
  
     6. To have sexual intercourse with. [Obs.] --Nares.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  occupied
       adj 1: held or filled or in use; "she keeps her time well
              occupied"; "the wc is occupied" [ant: unoccupied]
       2: seized and controlled as by military invasion; "the occupied
          countries of Europe" [ant: unoccupied]
       3: resided in; having tenants; "not all the occupied (or
          tenanted) apartments were well kept up" [syn: tenanted]
       4: having ones attention or mind or energy engaged; "she keeps
          herself fully occupied with volunteer activities"; "deeply
          engaged in conversation" [syn: engaged]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  occupy
       v 1: be present in; be inside of [syn: inhabit]
       2: keep busy with; "She busies herself with her butterfly
          collection" [syn: busy]
       3: live (in a certain place) [syn: reside, lodge in]
       4: occupy the whole of; "The liquid fills the container" [syn:
          fill]
       5: be on the mind of; "I worry about the second Germanic
          consonant" [syn: concern, interest, worry]
       6: as of time or space; "It took three hours to get to work
          this morning"; "This event occupied a very short time"
          [syn: take, use up]
       7: march aggressively into another's territory by military
          force for the purposes of conquest and occupation; "Hitler
          invaded Poland on September 1, 1939" [syn: invade]
       8: engage or engross wholly; "Her interest in butterflies
          absorbs her completely" [syn: absorb, engross, engage]
       [also: occupied]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  occupied
       See occupy

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  occupied
     a.
     1 reserved, engaged.
     2 (senseid en busy) busy, unavailable.
     3 subjugate, under the control of a foreign military presence.
     interj.
     (n-g: Used to communicate that a toilet is unavailable).
     vb.
     (infl of en occupy  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  occupied
     a.
     1 reserved, engaged.
     2 (senseid en busy) busy, unavailable.
     3 subjugate, under the control of a foreign military presence.
     interj.
     (n-g: Used to communicate that a toilet is unavailable).
     vb.
     (infl of en occupy  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  occupied
     a.
     1 reserved, engaged.
     2 (senseid en busy) busy, unavailable.
     3 subjugate, under the control of a foreign military presence.
     interj.
     (n-g: Used to communicate that a toilet is unavailable).
     vb.
     (infl of en occupy  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  occupied
     a.
     1 reserved, engaged.
     2 (senseid en busy) busy, unavailable.
     3 subjugate, under the control of a foreign military presence.
     interj.
     (n-g: Used to communicate that a toilet is unavailable).
     vb.
     (infl of en occupy  ed-form)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  occupied
     Englanti a.
     varattu (esim. käymälästä)
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm o ccup ied)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  occupied
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en occupy ordform=perfpart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb occupy)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Occupied /ˈɒkjʊpˌaɪd/
  محتل

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  occupied /ˈɒkjʊpˌaɪd/
  obsazeno

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  occupied /ˈɒkjʊpˌaɪd/
  obsazený

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  occupied /ˈɒkjʊpˌaɪd/
  belegt, besetzt 
        "The toilet was occupied."  - Das WC war besetzt.
     Synonym: engaged
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  occupied /ˈɒkjʊpˌaɪd/
  beschäftigt
        "Meanwhile, I occupied myself with routine tasks."  - In der Zwischenzeit beschäftigte ich mich mit Routineaufgaben.
        "Only 10 percent of police time is occupied with criminal incidents."  - Straftaten nehmen nur 10 Prozent der Arbeitszeit der Polizei in Anspruch.
        "My father was occupied for hours with administration."  - Mein Vater war stundenlang mit Verwaltungsarbeiten beschäftigt.
   see: occupy sb., occupying, This game will occupy the kids for some time., Problems at work continued to occupy his mind/thoughts/attention at home., To occupy her husband during the day, she hired Chantal to improve his French.
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  occupied /ˈɒkjʊpˌaɪd/
  besetzt, okkupiert
   see: occupy sth., occupying, occupies, occupied
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  occupied /ˈɒkjʊpˌaɪd/
  besetzte, okkupierte
   see: occupy sth., occupying, occupied, occupies
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  occupied /ˈɒkjʊpˌaɪd/
  belegt
   see: occupy sth., occupying, occupy a house
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  occupied /ˈɒkjʊpˌaɪd/
  besetzt, eingenommen, innegehabt, bekleidet
        "I/he/she occupied"  - ich/er/sie hatte inne
        "he/she has/had occupied"  - er/sie hat/hatte innegehabt
        "jobs that have traditionally been held/occupied by men"  - Stellen, die traditionell von Männern besetzt sind
        "Before becoming prime minister, he had already held/occupied several cabinet posts."  - Bevor er Premierminister wurde, hatte er schon mehrere Kabinettsposten bekleidet.
     Synonym: held
  
   see: hold, occupy a job/position, holding, occupying, he/she occupies
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  occupied /ˈɒkjʊpˌaɪd/
  
  κατειλημμένος, απασχολημένος

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  occupied //ˈɑkjəpaɪd// 
  1. varattu 2.
  busy
   3.
  reserved
  2. miehitetty
  militarily subjugated

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  occupied //ˈɑkjəpaɪd// 
  varattu

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  occupied /ˈɒkjʊpˌaɪd/ 
  1. व्यस्त
        "He fully occupied himself with hacking computer codes."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  occupied /ˈɒkjʊpˌaɪd/
  zauzeše

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  occupied /ˈɒkjʊpˌaɪd/
  foglalt

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  occupied //ˈɑkjəpaɪd// 
  1. ockuperad
  militarily subjugated
  2. upptagen 2.
  reserved
   3.
  busy

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  occupied //ˈɑkjəpaɪd// 
  upptaget

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈɑkjəˌpaɪd/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  65 Moby Thesaurus words for "occupied":
     absorbed, absorbed in, abstracted, at it, at work, buried in,
     buried in thought, busy, caught up in, colonized, contemplating,
     contemplative, devoted, devoted to, empeopled, employed, engaged,
     engaged in thought, engrossed, engrossed in, engrossed in thought,
     full of business, hard at it, hard at work, immersed in,
     immersed in thought, in harness, inhabited, intent, intent on,
     introspective, involved, lost in, lost in thought, meditating,
     meditative, monomaniacal, monopolized, obsessed, on duty,
     on the go, on the hop, on the job, on the jump, on the move,
     on the run, peopled, populated, populous, preoccupied, rapt,
     settled, single-minded, studious, studying, submerged in, swept up,
     taken up with, tenanted, tied up, totally absorbed, working,
     wrapped in, wrapped in thought, wrapped up in
  
  

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     adj. 被占有的

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