Occupy

Verb

 * : To fill either time or space.
 * The film occupied three hours of my time.
 * : To live or reside in.
 * We occupy a small flat.
 * With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get
 * : To fill or hold a position.
 * I occupy the post of deputy cat catcher.
 * : To conquer somewhere.
 * The Germans occupied the Channel Islands.
 * : To hold the attention of.
 * I occupied her friend while he made his proposal.
 * 1)  To cohabit, to have sexual intercourse with.  (Reference: Sidney J. Baker, The Australian Language, second edition, 1966.)
 * 1590s: God's light, these villains will make the word as odious as the word 'occupy;' which was an excellent good word before it was ill sorted &mdash; William Shakespeare, ''Henry VI, Part 2, II.iv.
 * 1)  To place the theodolite or total station at (a point).
 * 1)  To place the theodolite or total station at (a point).

Derived terms

 * occupier
 * occupation

Related terms

 * occupant

Thesaurus
abide, absorb, absorb the attention, admit, adopt, amuse, appropriate, arrest, arrogate, assimilate, assume, attend to business, be enfeoffed of, be possessed of, be seized of, beguile, berth, bespread, boast, bunk, busy, capture, catch, charm, claim, cohabit, colonize, come uppermost, command, complete, comprehend, comprise, conquer, consume, contain, count in, cover, crawl with, creep with, devote, diffuse, distract, divert, domicile, domiciliate, dominate, doss down, dwell, eat up, embody, embrace, employ, enchant, encircle, enclose, encompass, engage, engage the attention, engage the mind, engage the thoughts, engross, engross the mind, engross the thoughts, enjoy, enslave, entertain, enthrall, envisage, exercise, extend over, extend throughout, fascinate, fill, fill in, fill out, fill the mind, fill up, garrison, grab, grip, hang out, have, have and hold, have in hand, have tenure of, hog, hold, hold spellbound, hold the interest, honeycomb, hypnotize, imbue, immerse, include, incorporate, indent, inhabit, interest, invade, involve, involve the interest, jump a claim, leave no void, leaven, live, lodge, make free with, make use of, mesmerize, mind the store, monopolize, monopolize the thoughts, move in, move into, nest, number among, obsess, obsess the mind, occupy the attention, occupy the mind, overrun, overspread, overswarm, pass the time, penetrate, people, perch, permeate, pervade, populate, possess, preempt, preoccupy, prepossess, receive, reckon among, reckon in, reckon with, remain, requisition, reside, room, roost, run through, seize, seize the mind, settle in, settle into, sit on, soak, spellbind, spend, spend the time, squat, squat on, stay, subjugate, suffuse, swarm with, take all of, take in, take into account, take into consideration, take it all, take over, take possession of, take up, teem with, tenant, transfuse, use up, usucapt, usurp

Etymology
From occupare: < ob: + capere:.

Translations

 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * German: in Anspruch nehmen


 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: uppta, ta upp


 * German: bewohnen
 * Italian:


 * Old English: ,
 * Swedish: bo i, bebo


 * German:
 * Old English:


 * Swedish: inneha


 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,


 * German:
 * Swedish: ockupera, annektera
 * Telugu: ఆక్రమించు


 * German: sich beschäftigen mit


 * French: