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bus·y  (bz)

adj. bus·i·er, bus·i·est

1. Engaged in activity, as work; occupied.

2. Sustaining much activity: a busy morning; a busy street.

3. Meddlesome; prying.

4. Being in use, as a telephone line.

5. Cluttered with detail to the point of being distracting: a busy design.

tr.v. bus·ied, bus·y·ing, bus·ies

To make busy; occupy: busied myself preparing my tax return.

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[Middle English bisi, busi, from Old English bysig.]

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busi·ly adv.

busy·ness n.

Synonyms: busy, industrious, diligent, assiduous, sedulous
These adjectives suggest active or sustained effort to accomplish something. Busy, the most general, sometimes indicates constant and customary work or activity: a busy lawyer; a busy day.
Industrious implies steady application that is often habitual or the result of a natural inclination: weeds pulled by an industrious gardener.
Diligent suggests constant painstaking effort, often toward the achievement of a specific goal: a diligent detective.
Assiduous emphasizes sustained application: assiduous efforts to learn French.
Sedulous adds to assiduous the sense of persistent, thoroughgoing endeavor: "the sedulous pursuit of legal and moral principles" Ernest van den Haag.

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busy

Adjective

[busier, busiest]

1. actively or fully engaged; occupied

2. crowded with or characterized by activity

3. (of a telephone line) in use; engaged

Verb

[busies, busying, busied]

to make or keep (someone, esp. oneself) busy; occupy [Old English bisig]

busily adv

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	busy - keep busy with; "She busies herself with her butterfly collection" occupy work - exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity; "I will work hard to improve my grades"; "she worked hard for better living conditions for the poor" putter, potter - work lightly; "The old lady is pottering around in the garden" smatter, play around, dabble - work with in an amateurish manner; "She dabbles in astronomy"; "He plays around with investments but he never makes any money"
Adj.	1.	busy - actively or fully engaged or occupied; "busy with her work"; "a busy man"; "too busy to eat lunch" diligent - characterized by care and perseverance in carrying out tasks; "a diligent detective investigates all clues"; "a diligent search of the files" employed - having your services engaged for; or having a job especially one that pays wages or a salary; "most of our graduates are employed" idle - not in action or at work; "an idle laborer"; "idle drifters"; "the idle rich"; "an idle mind"
	2.	busy - overcrowded or cluttered with detail; "a busy painting"; "a fussy design" fussy fancy - not plain; decorative or ornamented; "fancy handwriting"; "fancy clothes"
	3.	busy - intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner; "an interfering old woman"; "bustling about self-importantly making an officious nuisance of himself"; "busy about other people's business" busybodied, interfering, meddlesome, meddling, officious intrusive - tending to intrude (especially upon privacy); "she felt her presence there was intrusive"
	4.	busy - crowded with or characterized by much activity; "a very busy week"; "a busy life"; "a busy street"; "a busy seaport" active - full of activity or engaged in continuous activity; "an active seaport"; "an active bond market"; "an active account"
	5.	busy - (of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; (`engaged' is a British term for a busy telephone line); "her line is busy"; "receptionists' telephones are always engaged"; "the lavatory is in use"; "kept getting a busy signal" in use, engaged occupied - held or filled or in use; "she keeps her time well occupied"; "the wc is occupied"

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busy

adjective 1. active, brisk, diligent, industrious, assiduous, rushed off your feet << OPPOSITE idle

adjective 2. occupied with, working, engaged in, on duty, employed in, hard at work, engrossed in, in harness, on active service << OPPOSITE unoccupied

adjective 3. hectic, full, active, tiring, exacting, energetic, strenuous, on the go (informal)

busy yourself occupy yourself, be engrossed, immerse yourself, involve yourself, amuse yourself, absorb yourself, employ yourself, engage yourself, keep busy or occupied

Translations

busy [ˈbɪzɪ] adj → ocupado, atareado; [shop, street] → concurrido, animado

vt to busy o.s. with → ocuparse en;

he's a busy man (normally) → es un hombre muy ocupado;

(temporarily) → está muy ocupado;

the line's busy (esp US) → está comunicando

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busy [ˈbɪzɪ] adj → occupé(e); [shop, street] → très fréquenté(e);

(US) [telephone, line] → occupé

vt to busy o.s. → s'occuper;

he's a busy man (normally) → c'est un homme très pris;

(temporarily) → il est très pris

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busy [ˈbɪzɪ] adj (person) → beschäftigt;

(shop, street) → belebt;

(Tel) (esp US) → besetzt

vt to busy o.s. with → sich beschäftigen mit;

he's a busy man → er ist ein viel beschäftigter Mann;

he's busy → er hat (zurzeit) viel zu tun

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busy [ˈbɪzɪ] adj → occupato/a; [shop, street] → molto frequentato/a

vt to busy o.s. → darsi da fare;

he's a busy man (normally) → è un uomo molto occupato;

(temporarily) → ha molto da fare, è molto occupato