occupy

Meaning

1. To take or use.
2. To take or use.
3. To take or use.
4. To take or use.
5. To take or use space.
6. To take or use space.
7. To take or use space.
8. To take or use space.
9. (obsolete) 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.

Concepts

occupy

hold

take

take up

capture

possess

inhabit

seize

fill

reside

engage

invade

absorb

engross

conquer

live

take possession of

employ

usurp

own

live in

dwell

busy

concern

populate

fill up

have

overrun

take possession

interest

grip

settle

involve

move in on

hijack

rule

resort

use up

lodge in

worry

catch

grab

grab onto

grasp

hunt

receive

take hold of

utilize

abide

lodge

room

carry

squat

move

keep busy

place

remain

move into

take control

commandeer

account for

command

block

close up

plug up

shut up

stand in another’s way

stop up

be in office

be in power

acquire

take possession of forcefully

control

enter into possession

govern

reign

fascinate

dwell in

sit in or upon

fix upon

be attached

set foot in

fill completely

pervade

ascend

deal

indwell

mell

people

continue

last

station occupying troops in

appropriate

put into order

preoccupy

concern oneself

master

conceive

sit in

understand

occupation

possession

allocate

tenant

give

perform

board

cover

enter

ride

serve

service

step

thread

tread

domicile

domiciliate

sleep in

staff

potter

potter around

putter around

fill in

charge

close

complete

discharge

drench

farce

fill out

flood

fulfil

fulfill

imbue

impregnate

inflate

infuse

line

litter

live up to

make full

make out

man

meet

pack

prime

satisfy

stuff

top off

turn

wad

corner

encroach upon

engulf

overcome

overwhelm

raid

take over

whelm

bear away

bring

carry away

convey

draw

export

get

lead

post

run

set down

snatch

steal

take away

work

hire

guard

protect

figure out

take care of

occuper

borrow

live at

confiscate

bear

space

are

exist

in some place

stay

be in

sit

handle

keep

Hyphenated as

oc‧cu‧py

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɒkjʊpaɪ/

Etymology

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.