[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.
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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.
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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.
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Woe occupieth the fine [end] of our gladness.
--Chaucer.
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The better apartments were already occupied. --W.
Irving.
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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.
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3. To possess or use the time or capacity of; to engage the
service of; to employ; to busy.
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An archbishop may have cause to occupy more
chaplains than six. --Eng. Statute
(Hen. VIII. )
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They occupied themselves about the Sabbath. --2
Macc. viii.
27.
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4. To do business in; to busy one's self with. [Obs.]
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All the ships of the sea, with their mariners, were
in thee to occupy the merchandise. --Ezek. xxvii.
9.
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Not able to occupy their old crafts. --Robynson
(More's
Utopia).
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5. To use; to expend; to make use of. [Obs.]
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All the gold that was occupied for the work. --Ex.
xxxviii. 24.
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They occupy not money themselves. --Robynson
(More's
Utopia).
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6. To have sexual intercourse with. [Obs.] --Nares.
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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]