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OCCUPYING definition: 1. present participle of occupy 2. to fill, exist in, or use a place or period of time: 3. to keep…. Learn more.
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Examples of occupy in a Sentence. They have occupied the apartment for three years. She occupies the house that her grandfather built 50 years ago. They own another house that they occupy only three months out of the year. They occupy the room next to ours.
to fill, exist in, or use a place or period of time: The rest of the time was occupied with writing a report. The house hasn't been occupied (= lived in) by anyone for a few months. formal A large picture of the battle of Waterloo occupied the space above the fireplace. B2.
Define occupying. occupying synonyms, occupying pronunciation, occupying translation, English dictionary definition of occupying. tr.v. oc·cu·pied , oc·cu·py·ing , oc·cu·pies 1. To fill up : a lecture that occupied three hours.
I saw three camp beds, two of which were occupied. [be VERB -ed] 3. verb. If a group of people or an army occupies a place or country, they move into it, using force in order to gain control of it. U.S. forces now occupy a part of the country.
Definition of occupy verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Origin of occupy 1. First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English occupien, from Middle French occuper, from Latin occupāre “to seize, take hold, take up, make one's own,” equivalent to oc- oc- + -cup-, combining form of capere “to take, seize” + -āre infinitive suffix. Discover More.
The word 'occupying' is correct and usable in written English. You can use it when you are referring to something that is taking up space or a period of time, such as an event or a situation. For example: The protesters are occupying the city center in a demonstration against the government's new policy.
When you spend a lot of your free time reading tea leaves, you occupy yourself with that pastime, meaning it takes up your time and keeps you busy. An army can invade another country and occupy its territory, and this use of the word reflects its original Latin meaning, which was "to seize."
