occupy

Signification (Anglais)

  1. (transitive) To take or use.
  2. (transitive) To take or use.
  3. (transitive) To take or use.
  4. (transitive) To take or use.
  5. (transitive) To take or use space.
  6. (transitive) To take or use space.
  7. (transitive) To take or use space.
  8. (transitive) To take or use space.
  9. (obsolete, transitive) To have sexual intercourse with.
  10. (obsolete) To do business in; to busy oneself with.
  11. (obsolete) To use; to expend; to make use of.

Fréquence

C2
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/ˈɒkjʊpaɪ/
Étymologie (Anglais)

In summary

From Middle English occupien, occupyen, borrowed from Old French occuper, from Latin occupāre (“to take possession of, seize, occupy, take up, employ”), from ob (“to, on”) + capiō (“to take”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (“to seize, grab”). Doublet of occupate, now obsolete.

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