busy

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 [ˈbɪzɪ]

adj busier, busiest

1. actively or fully engaged; occupied

2. crowded with or characterized by activity a busy day

3. Chiefly US and Canadian (of a room, telephone line, etc.) in use; engaged

4. overcrowded with detail a busy painting

5. meddlesome; inquisitive; prying

vb busies, busying, busied

(tr) to make or keep (someone, esp oneself) busy; occupy

[Old English bisig; related to Middle Dutch besich, perhaps to Latin festīnāre to hurry]

busyness  n

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, efficient, brisk, hard-pressed, tireless, diligent, industrious, hardworking, assiduous, rushed off your feet, BY (S.M.S.) He's a very busy man.
active relaxed, lazy, idle, inactive, indolent, lackadaisical, slothful, shiftless

2. occupied with, working, engaged in, on duty, employed in, preoccupied with, absorbed in, immersed in, hard at work, engrossed in, in harness, on active service, hard at work on, BY (S.M.S.) Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.
occupied with off duty, unoccupied

3. hectic, full, active, tiring, exacting, energetic, strenuous, on the go (informal), BY (S.M.S.) I'd had a busy day and was rather tired.

4. crowded, full, packed, crushed, mobbed, cramped, bustling, swarming, overflowing, thronged, teeming, congested, populous, jam-packed, BY (S.M.S.) The ward was busy and Amy hardly had time to talk.

busy yourself occupy yourself, be engrossed, immerse yourself, involve yourself, amuse yourself, absorb yourself, employ yourself, engage yourself, keep busy or occupied He busied himself with the camera.

Translations

busy [ˈbɪzɪ]

A. ADJ (busier (compar) (busiest (superl)))

1. [person] → ocupado
are you busy? → ¿está ocupado?
he's a busy man → es un hombre muy ocupado
to be busy doing sth → estar ocupado haciendo algo
she's busy studying/cooking → está ocupada estudiando/cocinando
to be busy at or on or with → estar ocupado en or con
he's busy at his work → está ocupado en su trabajo
to get busy → empezar a trabajar; (= hurry) → menearse, darse prisa
let's get busy → ¡a trabajar!
to keep busy → mantenerse ocupado
to keep sb busy → ocupar a algn
as busy as a bee → ocupadísimo, atareadísimo

2. [day, time] → activo, ajetreado
the busiest season is the autumn → la época de mayor actividad es el otoño

3. [place, town] → concurrido; [scene] → animado, lleno de movimiento

4. [telephone, line] → comunicando, ocupado

B. VT to busy o.s. with/doing sth → ocuparse con/en hacer algo

C. CPD Busy Lizzie N (Bot) → alegría f de la casa
busy signal N (esp US) (Telec) → señal f de comunicando, tono m (de)ocupado

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busy [ˈbɪzi]

adj

[person] → occupé(e)
I'm busy → Je suis occupé.
to be busy doing sth → être occupé à faire qch, être en train de faire qch
He's a busy man
BUT C'est un homme très pris.
He's a very busy man → C'est un homme extrêmement occupé.

[shop, street] → très fréquenté(e)

[kitchen, office, ward] → débordant(e) d'activité
to be busy → être en pleine activité
The ward was busy and Amy hardly had time to talk → La salle où se trouvait Amy était en pleine activité, on n'a pas vraiment eu le temps de se parler.

[time, period] → de grande activité

[schedule] → chargé(e)

[day] → bien rempli(e)

(US) [telephone, line] → occupé(e)

vt
to busy o.s. doing sth → s'occuper de faire qch

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busy

adj (+er)

(= occupied) person → beschäftigt; a very busy man → ein viel beschäftigter Mann; are you busy? → haben Sie gerade Zeit?; (in business) → haben Sie viel zu tun?; not now, I’m busy → jetzt nicht, ich bin gerade beschäftigt; the boss is always busy → der Chef hat immer viel zu tun; (= never available) → der Chef hat nie Zeit; I’ll come back when you’re less busy → ich komme wieder, wenn Sie mehr Zeit haben; to keep somebody/oneself busy → jdn/sich selbst beschäftigen; I was busy studying when you called → ich war gerade beim Lernen, als Sie kamen; I was busy studying all evening → ich war den ganzen Abend mit Lernen beschäftigt; she’s always too busy thinking about herself → sie ist immer zu sehr mit sich selbst beschäftigt; they were busy plotting against him → sie haben eifrig Pläne gegen ihn geschmiedet; let’s get busy → an die Arbeit!

(= active) life, time → bewegt; place, street, town → belebt; (with traffic) → verkehrsreich; street → stark befahren; it’s been a busy day/week → heute/diese Woche war viel los; have you had a busy day? → hast du heute viel zu tun gehabt?; he leads a very busy life → bei ihm ist immer etwas los; the shop was busy all day → im Geschäft war den ganzen Tag viel los

(esp US) telephone line → besetzt

(= officious) person, manner → (über)eifrig

pattern, design, print → unruhig

vr to busy oneself doing something → sich damit beschäftigen, etw zu tun; to busy oneself with something → sich mit etw beschäftigen

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busy [ˈbɪzɪ]

1. adj

a. (occupied, person) → occupato/a
she's a busy woman → è una donna molto occupata
she's busy (at the moment) → è occupata
he's busy studying/cooking → sta studiando/cucinando
he's busy at his work → sta lavorando, è molto preso dal lavoro
let's get busy (fam) → diamoci da fare

b. (active, day, time) → movimentato/a, intenso/a; (place, town) → animato/a
Christmas is a busy time of year → a Natale ci sono sempre mille cose da fare
the roads are busy → c'è molto traffico sulle strade

c. (esp Am) (telephone, line) → occupato/a

2. vt to busy o.s. (doing sth/with sth) → darsi da fare (a fare qc/con qc)

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busy [ˈbɪzɪ]

1. adj

a. (occupied, person) → occupato/a
she's a busy woman → è una donna molto occupata
she's busy (at the moment) → è occupata
he's busy studying/cooking → sta studiando/cucinando
he's busy at his work → sta lavorando, è molto preso dal lavoro
let's get busy (fam) → diamoci da fare

b. (active, day, time) → movimentato/a, intenso/a; (place, town) → animato/a
Christmas is a busy time of year → a Natale ci sono sempre mille cose da fare
the roads are busy → c'è molto traffico sulle strade

c. (esp Am) (telephone, line) → occupato/a

2. vt to busy o.s. (doing sth/with sth) → darsi da fare (a fare qc/con qc)

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busy

adj busy [ˈbizi]

1 having a lot (of work etc) to do I am very busy. besig مَشْغول، مُنْهَمِك зает zaneprázdněný, zaměstnán travl beschäftigt απασχολημένος ocupado hõivatud مشغول kiireinen occupé עָסוּק व्यस्त zaposlen elfoglalt banyak pekerjaan, sibuk upptekinn, önnum kafinn occupato 忙しい 바쁜 užsiėmęs, užimtas aizņemts; nevaļīgs sibuk bezig, druk travel, opptatt zajęty, zapracowany ocupado ocupat занятой zamestnanie zaposlen zauzet upptagen ยุ่ง meşgul, işi var 忙碌的 зайнятий مصروف bận rộn 忙的

2 full of traffic, people, activity etc The roads are busy; a busy time of year. besige مُزْدَحِم оживен rušný, živý travl belebt πολυσύχναστος, με έντονη δραστηριότητα concurrido elav شلوغ؛ پر تکاپو vilkas animé סוֹאֵן भीड़ aktivan forgalmas, mozgalmas ramai iðandi; annasamur affollato, movimentato 混んでいる 복잡한 pilnas, judrus, įtemptas dzīvs; rosīgs sibuk druk med stor trafikk ruchliwy movimentado aglomerat интенсивный;оживлённый rušný živahen prometan livlig, full av rörelse (trafik) เต็มไปด้วยรถ คน หรือกิจกรรมต่าง ๆ kalabalık, işlek 繁忙的, 熱鬧的，應接不暇的 пожвавлений, неспокійний سرگرم ، مشغول nhộn nhịp 没空的

3 (especially American) (of a telephone line) engaged All the lines to New York are busy. beset مَشْغول зает obsazený optaget besetzt κατειλημμένος (για τηλεφωνική γραμμή) ocupado kinni مشغول varattu occupé תָפוּס व्यस्त zauzet foglalt (telefon) penuh, sibuk upptekinn occupato 話し中で 통화 중인 užimtas (par telefona līniju) aizņemts sibuk bezet opptatt zajęty ocupado ocupat занятый obsadený zaseden zauzet upptagen (สาย) ไม่ว่าง meşgul 佔線的 зайнятий کام میں مشغول đang bận 占用着

v

(sometimes withwith) to occupy (oneself) with She busied herself preparing the meal. bemoei يُشغِل نَفْسَه зает с zaměstnávat se travl med; beskæftige sig med sich beschäftigen mit απασχολούμαι με κτ. ocuparse (millegagi) tegevuses olema مشغول کردن puuhata jnk parissa s'occuper (à) לְהַעֲסִיק אֶת עַצמֵך किसी काम में लगना biti zaposlen elfoglalja magát menyibukkan láta sig varða, snúa sér að, annast occuparsi di 忙しくする 바쁘다 užsiimti nodarbināt menyibukkan bezig zijn beskjeftige seg med zajmować się, krzątać się ocupar-se a se ocupa (de) заниматься (чем-л.) zamestnať sa ukvarjati se (z) zaokupiti se vara sysselsatt (upptagen) med ไม่อยู่เฉย oyalamak, meşgul etmek 使忙碌 займатися کام میں لگے رہنا bận rộn với cái gì 使忙碌

adv busily

bedrywige بِانْشِغال، بانْهِماك усърдно pilně, horlivě travlt geschäftig δραστήρια con afán usinalt بطور پر مشغله puuhakkaasti activement בְּחָרִיצוּת व्यस्तता से zauzeto serényen penuh kesibukan ötullega attivamente 忙しく 바쁘게 labai užsiėmęs nevaļīgi; rosīgi sangat sibuk druk flittig; geskjeftig skrzętnie activamente (în mod) activ/energic энергично, деловито horlivo delavno zauzeto ivrigt, energiskt ยุ่ง uğraşarak, gayretle 忙碌地 діяльно, пожвавлено مصروفیت سے ، انہماک bận rộn 忙碌地

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busy → مشغول zaneprázdněný travl beschäftigt απασχολημένος ocupado kiireinen occupé zaposlen occupato 忙しい 바쁜 druk opptatt zajęty ocupado занятой upptagen ยุ่งวุ่นวาย meşgul bận rộn 忙碌的