occupied

oc·cu·py  (ky-p)

tr.v. oc·cu·pied, oc·cu·py·ing, oc·cu·pies

1. To fill up (time or space): a lecture that occupied three hours.

2. To dwell or reside in.

3. To hold or fill (an office or position).

4. To seize possession of and maintain control over by or as if by conquest.

5. To engage or employ the attention or concentration of: occupied the children with coloring books.

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[Middle English occupien, alteration of Old French occuper, from Latin occupre, to seize : ob-, intensive pref.; see ob- + capere, to take; see kap- in Indo-European roots.]

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occu·pier n.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	occupied - held or filled or in use; "she keeps her time well occupied"; "the wc is occupied" unoccupied - not held or filled or in use; "an unoccupied telephone booth"; "unoccupied hours"
	2.	occupied - seized and controlled as by military invasion; "the occupied countries of Europe" unoccupied - not seized and controlled; "unoccupied areas of France"
	3.	occupied - resided in; having tenants; "not all the occupied (or tenanted) apartments were well kept up" tenanted inhabited - having inhabitants; lived in; "the inhabited regions of the earth"
	4.	occupied - having ones attention or mind or energy engaged; "she keeps herself fully occupied with volunteer activities"; "deeply engaged in conversation" engaged busy - actively or fully engaged or occupied; "busy with her work"; "a busy man"; "too busy to eat lunch"

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occupied

adjective 1. in use, taken, full, engaged, unavailable

adjective 2. inhabited, peopled, lived-in, settled, tenanted << OPPOSITE uninhabited

adjective 3. busy, engaged, employed, working, active, tied up (informal) engrossed, hard at work, in harness, hard at it (informal) rushed off your feet