 occupy |
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| 1. | [ verb ] be present in; be inside of | |
| Synonyms: | inhabit | |
| Related terms: | be nest infest infest tenant occupation inhabitancy | |
| 2. | [ verb ] (work) keep busy with | |
| Synonyms: | busy | |
| Examples: | "She busies herself with her butterfly collection" |
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| Related terms: | work dabble potter occupation | |
| 3. | [ verb ] (housing) live (in a certain place) | |
| Synonyms: | reside lodge_in | |
| Related terms: | dwell move_in stay_at crash squat resident occupation | |
| 4. | [ verb ] occupy the whole of | |
| Synonyms: | fill | |
| Examples: | "The liquid fills the container" |
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| Related terms: | be crowd take_up deluge occupation | |
| 5. | [ verb ] be on the mind of | |
| Synonyms: | concern interest worry | |
| Examples: | "I worry about the second Germanic consonant" |
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| Related terms: | preoccupy interest occupation | |
| 6. | [ verb ] (military) march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation | |
| Synonyms: | invade | |
| Examples: | "Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939" |
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| Related terms: | attack infest invader occupier | |
| 7. | [ verb ] as of time or space | |
| Synonyms: | take use_up | |
| Examples: | : "It took three hours to get to work this morning" "This event occupied a very short time" |
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| Related terms: | use be consume | |
| 8. | [ verb ] engage or engross wholly | |
| Synonyms: | engage engross absorb | |
| Examples: | "Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely" |
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| Related terms: | interest involve rivet consume preoccupation occupation intentness | |
