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Verb occupy has 8 senses

• occupy(v = verb.social) busy - keep busy with; "She busies herself with her butterfly collection"
is one way to work
Derived form noun occupation₃
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP

• occupy(v = verb.stative) lodge in, reside - live (in a certain place); "She resides in Princeton"; "he occupies two rooms on the top floor"
is one way to dwell, inhabit, live, populate
Derived forms noun occupancy₁, noun occupant₁, noun occupation₄, noun occupier₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

• occupy(v = verb.stative) fill - occupy the whole of; "The liquid fills the container"
is one way to be
Derived form noun occupation₅
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something

• occupy(v = verb.stative) concern, interest, worry - be on the mind of; "I worry about the second Germanic consonant shift"
Derived form noun occupation₃
Sample sentence:
The bad news will occupy him

• occupy(v = verb.competition) invade - march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation; "Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939"
is one way to assail, attack
Derived forms noun occupation₂, noun occupier₂
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

• occupy(v = verb.possession) take, use up - require (time or space); "It took three hours to get to work this morning"; "This event occupied a very short time"
is one way to expend, use
Derived form noun occupation₅
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

• occupy(v = verb.cognition) absorb, engage, engross - consume all of one's attention or time; "Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely"
is one way to interest
Derived forms noun occupation₁, noun occupation₃
Sample sentence:
They occupy themselves

• occupy(v = verb.social) fill, take - assume, as of positions or roles; "She took the job as director of development"; "he occupies the position of manager"; "the young prince will soon occupy the throne"
is one way to do work, work
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

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THESAURUS

occupy

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

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Possession

VB possess, have, hold, occupy, enjoy, be possessed of, have in hand, own, command, inherit, come to, come in for, engross, monopolize, forestall, regrate, impropriate, have all to oneself, corner, have a firmhold of, get into one's hand, belong to, appertain to, pertain to, be in one's possession, vest in.

Presence

VB exist in space, be present, assister, make one of, make one at, look on, attend, remain, find oneself, present oneself, show one's face, fall in the way of, occur in a place, lie, stand, occupy, be there, people, inhabit, dwell, reside, stay, sojourn, live, abide, lodge, nestle, roost, perch, take up one's abode, tenant, resort to, frequent, haunt, revisit, fill, pervade, permeate, be diffused, be disseminated, be through, over spread, overrun, run through, meet one at every turn.

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