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Definitions for Occupying

[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 Occupying

occupyresting, covering, sitting, situated, placed, controlling, holding, commanding, remaining, staying, possessing, obtaining, maintaining, posted, owning, residing, absorbing, interesting, exacting, engaging

Words nearby Occupying

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Origin of Occupying

1300–50; 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 Occupying

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 Occupying

C14: from Old French occuper, from Latin occupāre to seize hold of, from ob- (intensive) + capere to take

Synonyms for Occupying

commanding, controlling, covering, holding, maintaining, obtaining, owning, permeating, pervading, placed, possessing, posted, remaining, residing, resting, sitting, situated, staying, tenanting, assigned to, living in, settled on, taking up