occupy

Meaning

To take or use.
To take or use.
To take or use.
To take or use.
To take or use space.
To take or use space.
To take or use space.
To take or use space.
(obsolete) To have sexual intercourse with.
(obsolete) To do business in; to busy oneself with.
(obsolete) To use; to expend; to make use of.

take possession of

take possession

keep busy

grab onto

take hold of

lodge in

live up to

move into

🧑‍🤝‍🧑

bear away

be attached

be in office

be in power

concern oneself

dwell in

in some place

live at

put into order

make full

fix upon

stand in another’s way

station occupying troops in

fill completely

take possession of forcefully

set foot in

sit in or upon

occuper

be in

encroach upon

enter into possession

Frequency

Hyphenated as

oc‧cu‧py

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɒkjʊpaɪ/

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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