āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
occupy
/ËÉkjĘpËaâÉĒ/
to occupy
01
āĻĻāĻāϞ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻāϰāĻž
to live in a place that is either rented or owned
Transitive: to occupy a place of residence
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After years of traveling, he finally chose to occupy a small apartment in the heart of the city.
āĻŦāĻāϰ āϧāϰ⧠āĻā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖā§āϰ āĻĒāϰ, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ
āĻŦāĻļā§āώ⧠āĻļāĻšāϰā§āϰ āĻšā§āĻĻāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻ āĻ
ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĻāĻŽā§āύā§āĻ āĻĻāĻāϞ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāύā§āϤ āύā§āύāĨ¤
02
āĻĻāĻāϞ āĻāϰāĻž
to engage in an activity or task that keeps one's time and attention
Transitive: to occupy oneself | to occupy oneself with sth | to occupy the mind
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
To occupy his mind during the long commute, he started listening to educational podcasts and audiobooks.
āĻĻā§āϰā§āĻ āϝāĻžāϤā§āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽāύāĻā§ āĻŦā§āϝāϏā§āϤ āϰāĻžāĻāϤā§, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āώāĻžāĻŽā§āϞāĻ āĻĒāĻĄāĻāĻžāϏā§āĻ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ
āĻĄāĻŋāĻāĻŦā§āĻ āĻļā§āύāĻž āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύāĨ¤
03
āĻĻāĻāϞ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ āĻāϰāĻž
to take up, cover, or use the entire space or extent of something
Transitive: to occupy a space
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The expansive garden occupied the backyard, featuring a variety of flowers, shrubs, and a vegetable patch.
āĻŦāĻŋāϏā§āϤā§āϤ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžāύāĻāĻŋ āĻĒāĻŋāĻāύā§āϰ āĻāĻ ā§āύ āĻĻāĻāϞ āĻāϰ⧠āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞ, āϝā§āĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻŋāύā§āύ āϧāϰāύā§āϰ āĻĢā§āϞ, āĻā§āϞā§āĻŽ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āϏāĻŦāĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāĻ āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
04
āĻĻāĻāϞ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻāĻā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖ āĻāϰāĻž
to come to power and control in a place using military force
Transitive: to occupy a place
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
During the war, enemy forces managed to occupy strategic regions.
āϝā§āĻĻā§āϧā§āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ, āĻļāϤā§āϰ⧠āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāύ⧠āĻā§āĻļāϞāĻāϤ āĻ
āĻā§āĻāϞāĻā§āϞāĻŋ āĻĻāĻāϞ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āϏāĻā§āώāĻŽ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
05
āĻĻāĻāϞ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻāĻāϰā§āώāĻŖ āĻāϰāĻž
to take up all of a person's attention, effort, or time
Transitive: to occupy one's time or thoughts
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
As a new parent, the responsibilities of caring for a newborn began to occupy most of their waking hours.
āĻāĻāĻāύ āύāϤā§āύ āĻ
āĻāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻŦāĻ āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦā§, āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āύāĻŦāĻāĻžāϤāĻā§āϰ āϝāϤā§āύ āύā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāϤā§āĻŦ āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻāĻžāĻā§āϰāϤ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧā§āϰ āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋāϰāĻāĻžāĻ āĻĻāĻāϞ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
06
āĻĻāĻāϞ āĻāϰāĻž, āύā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
(of an activity, event, task) to take up a certain amount of time
Transitive: to occupy a period of time
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The renovation of the house is expected to occupy the entire summer.
āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϰ āϏāĻāϏā§āĻāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ āĻā§āϰā§āώā§āĻŽ āĻā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧠āĻŦāϞ⧠āĻāĻļāĻž āĻāϰāĻž āĻšāĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤
07
āĻĻāĻāϞ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻāϰāĻž
to take on a particular role, position, or responsibility
Transitive: to occupy a role or position
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The seasoned professor was invited to occupy the prestigious role of the keynote speaker at the academic conference.
āĻ
āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻ āĻ
āϧā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāĻāĻā§ āĻāĻāĻžāĻĄā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻ āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽā§āϞāύ⧠āĻŽā§āϞ āĻŦāĻā§āϤāĻžāϰ prestigious āĻā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻž āĻā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻāĻŽāύā§āϤā§āϰāĻŖ āĻāĻžāύāĻžāύ⧠āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
occupied
occupier
preoccupy
occupy
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