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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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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.
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.
OCCUPYING meaning: 1. present participle of occupy 2. to fill, exist in, or use a place or period of time: 3. to keep…. Learn more.
Definition of occupy verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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."
to hold (a position, office, etc.). to take possession and control of (a place), as by military invasion. Synonyms: seize, capture. Usually Occupy. to participate in a protest about (a social or political issue), as by taking possession or control of buildings or public places that are symbolic of the issue:
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Military, Officials oc‧cu‧py /ˈɒkjəpaɪ $ ˈɑːk-/ W2 AWL verb (occupied, occupying, occupies) [ transitive] 1 stay in a place to live or stay in a place He occupies the house without paying any rent.
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.
