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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (4)

1. held or filled or in use;
- Example: "she keeps her time well occupied"
- Example: "the wc is occupied"

2. seized and controlled as by military invasion;
- Example: "the occupied countries of Europe"

3. resided in; having tenants;
- Example: "not all the occupied (or tenanted) apartments were well kept up"
[syn: occupied, tenanted]

4. having ones attention or mind or energy engaged;
- Example: "she keeps herself fully occupied with volunteer activities"
- Example: "deeply engaged in conversation"
[syn: engaged, occupied]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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: occupied, tenanted] 4: having ones attention or mind or energy engaged; "she keeps herself fully occupied with volunteer activities"; "deeply engaged in conversation" [syn: engaged, occupied]