occupied
Meaning of occupied
adjective
- (of a building, seat, etc.) being used by someone.
only the ground floor is fully occupied
- busy and active.
tasks which kept her occupied for the day
- (of a place, especially a country) taken control of by military conquest or settlement.
the occupied territories
- reside or have one's place of business in (a building).
the rented flat she occupies in Hampstead
- fill or preoccupy (the mind).
her mind was occupied with alarming questions
- take control of (a place, especially a country) by military conquest or settlement.
Syria was occupied by France under a League of Nations mandate
Middle English: formed irregularly from Old French occuper, from Latin occupare ‘seize’. A now obsolete vulgar sense ‘have sexual relations with’ seems to have led to the general avoidance of the word in the 17th and most of the 18th century.
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Hyphenation of occupied
oc-cu-pied
- It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
- occupied is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
occupied synonyms
Meaning tenanted:
Meaning engaged:
Meaning (of a person, animal, or group) live in or occupy (a place or environment):
Meaning move with a group of others to live in a new country or area:
Meaning occupy (property) as a tenant:
Meaning (of a group of people) inhabit (a place):
Meaning form the population of (a place):
Meaning occupy or attract (someone's interest or attention):
Meaning keep oneself occupied:
Meaning keep occupied:
Meaning prevent (someone) from concentrating on something:
Meaning take in or soak up (energy or a liquid or other substance) by chemical or physical action:
Meaning absorb all the attention or interest of:
Meaning (of a matter or subject) dominate or engross the mind of (someone) to the exclusion of other thoughts:
Meaning grasp, carry, or support with one's hands:
Meaning involve oneself deeply in a particular activity:
Meaning excite the curiosity or attention of (someone):
Meaning have or include (something) as a necessary or integral part or result:
Meaning provide (someone) with amusement or enjoyment:
Meaning entertain or amuse:
Meaning provide interesting and enjoyable occupation for (someone); entertain:
Meaning help (time) pass pleasantly:
Meaning take into one's possession or control by force:
Meaning take forcible possession of:
Meaning overcome and take control of (a place or people) by military force:
Meaning (of an armed force) enter (a country or region) so as to subjugate or occupy it:
Meaning spread over or occupy (a place) in large numbers:
Meaning send settlers to (a place) and establish political control over it:
Meaning provide (a place) with a group of troops:
Meaning add (territory) to one's own territory by appropriation:
Meaning have power and influence over:
Meaning bring under domination or control, especially by conquest:
Meaning officially take possession or control of (something), especially for military purposes:
Meaning demand the use or supply of (something) by official order:
occupied antonyms
Meaning release from confinement or slavery:
Meaning spend time doing nothing:
Meaning (of a place) not occupied; empty:
Meaning remove all the contents of (a container):
Meaning go away from:
Meaning cease to support or look after (someone); desert:
Meaning leave (a place), usually permanently:
Words that rhyme with occupied
pied, passepied, magpied, canopied, copied, microcopied, miscopied, overcanopied, photocopied, precopied, recopied, uncanopied, uncopied, crippied, happied, poppied, puppied, unhappied, espied, outsparspied, outspied, spied, unespied, unspied, disoccupied, misoccupied, overpreoccupied, preoccupied, reoccupied, underoccupied, unoccupied, unpreoccupied
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