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Definitions for Occupied

[1] to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
[2] to engage or employ the mind, energy, or attention of: Occupy the children with a game while I prepare dinner.
[3] to be a resident or tenant of; dwell in: We occupied the same house for 20 years.
[4] to hold (a position, office, etc.).
[5] to take possession and control of (a place), as by military invasion.
[6] (usually initial capital letter ) to participate in a protest about (a social or political issue), as by taking possession or control of buildings or public places that are symbolic of the issue: Let’s Occupy our voting rights! The Occupy Wall Street movement of late 2011 was a protest against economic inequality.
[7] to take or hold possession.
[8] (usually initial capital letter ) to participate in a protest about a social or political issue.
[9] (usually initial capital letter ) of or relating to a protest about a social or political issue, as in Occupy movement ; Occupy protest ; Occupy candidate : the Occupy movement for social justice.
[10] to live or be established in (a house, flat, office, etc)
[11] (often passive) to keep (a person) busy or engrossed; engage the attention of
[12] (often passive) to take up (a certain amount of time or space)
[13] to take and hold possession of, esp as a demonstration students occupied the college buildings
[14] to fill or hold (a position or rank)

Words related to Occupied

occupyemployed, engaged, settled, populated, engrossed, working, busy, full, taken, active, populous, unavailable, lived-in

Words nearby Occupied

occupyoccupational psychology, occupational safety and health administration, occupational therapy, occupied territories, occupier, occupy, occur, occur to one, occurrence, occurrent, occy

Origin of Occupied

y1300–50; Middle English occupien < Middle French occuper < Latin occupāre to seize, take hold, take up, make one's own, equivalent to oc- oc- + -cup-, combining form of capere to take, seize + -āre infinitive suffix

Other words from Occupied

oc·cu·pi·a·ble , adjective
oc·cu·pi·er , noun
mis·oc·cu·py , verb, mis·oc·cu·pied, mis·oc·cu·py·ing.
o·ver·oc·cu·pied , adjective
re·oc·cu·py , verb (used with object), re·oc·cu·pied, re·oc·cu·py·ing.
self-oc·cu·pied , adjective
un·der·oc·cu·pied , adjective
well-oc·cu·pied , adjective

Word origin for Occupied

yC14: from Old French occuper, from Latin occupāre to seize hold of, from ob- (intensive) + capere to take

Synonyms for Occupied

employed, engaged, engrossed, working, active, clocked up, head over heels, tied up, too much on plate