occupy in English

verb

1

reside or have one's place of business in (a building).

the apartment she occupies in Manhattan

synonyms: live in, inhabit, be the tenant of, lodge in, move into, take up residence in, make one's home in, people, populate, settle, reside in, dwell in

2

fill or preoccupy (the mind or thoughts).

her mind was occupied with alarming questions

synonyms: engage, busy, employ, distract, absorb, engross, preoccupy, hold, interest, involve, entertain, amuse, divert

3

take control of (a place, especially a country) by military conquest or settlement.

the region was occupied by Britain during World War I

synonyms: capture, seize, take possession of, conquer, invade, overrun, take over, garrison, hold, annex, subjugate, colonize

verb

live in, inhabit, be the tenant of, lodge in, move into, take up residence in, make one's home in, people, populate, settle, reside in, dwell in
take up, fill, fill up, cover, use up
hold, fill, be in, have, hold down
engage, busy, employ, distract, absorb, engross, preoccupy, hold, interest, involve, entertain, amuse, divert
capture, seize, take possession of, conquer, invade, overrun, take over, garrison, hold, annex, subjugate, colonize
absorb, engross, engage
take, use up
worry, concern, interest
take, fill
lodge in, reside
fill
busy
invade

Use "occupy" in a sentence

1. Homeowners occupy around two thirds of the units in Appalachia whereas renters occupy the remainder.

2. Redirect traffic, occupy all lanes

3. Homeowners occupy about 70% of the units in Council Bluffs and renters occupy the remainder.

4. All physical objects occupy space.

5. They occupy the house next door.

6. Branchiopods occupy key positions in aquatic communities.

7. They occupy a lowly position in society.

8. does he occupy himself now he's retired?

9. How much memory does the program occupy?

10. Antelopes occupy the ecological niche which deer occupy north of the Sahara.Both deer and Antelopes are grass-eating mammals

11. Then they attempted to occupy the castle.

12. Some of you already occupy that role.

13. In North America, they occupy 190–535 kHz.

14. The Bemba occupy the northeastern part of Zambia

15. Many Bosons can occupy a single quantum state

16. 3 How much memory does the program occupy?

17. Peat swamp forests occupy the entire coastline of Borneo.

18. No man could occupy his place in French literature.

19. Lines occupy the highest unshakable position in Chinese painting.

20. Alluvion continued to occupy county office space after Jan

21. 11 Rev. P. Stewart was to occupy the Chair.

22. The bed seemed to occupy most of the room.

23. The Ball will then move to occupy the block

24. Even quite small aircraft occupy a lot of space.

25. Men still occupy more positions of power than women.

26. They thought they should occupy their leisure more profitably.

27. There is plenty of cheap entertainment to occupy people’s minds.

28. Occupy the industry heart, good-hearted. the health is honest.

29. But if you are old power, the most important thing you can do is to occupy yourself before others occupy you, before you are occupied.

30. The offices occupy the two top floors of the building.

31. As an important instrumentality, science education should occupy the spirit.

32. Courtesans occupy a scandalous yet challenging space in world history

33. Three:Pig's occupy has no matter to jilt that carefully tail.

34. There are better pursuits to occupy one’s interest and energy.

35. Nothing should occupy the place of Jehovah in our heart.

36. This challenge will occupy Europe for a generation or more.

37. Frances invited them to occupy the upstairs of her home.

38. To occupy the intervening months she took a temporary job.

39. Anesthesiologist assistants occupy a growing segment of the health care community

40. Work will occupy your mind and help you forget about him.

41. Land is, in most instances, purchased by those who occupy it.

42. Amuse, divert, entertain mean to occupy the attention with something pleasant

43. Parks, groves, gardens, nature reserves, and agricultural areas occupy 8,329 hectares.

44. It adopts "antifluorite structure," which means that the small K+ ions occupy the tetrahedral (F−) sites in fluorite, and the larger S2− centers occupy the eight-coordinate sites.

45. Small vendors occupy several roads that causes pedestrian and vehicular traffic.

46. I would deserve to be pitied if I couldn't occupy myself.

47. Brahmins occupy the highest position in the Hindu Varna (caste) system

48. Annelids are segmented worms that occupy marine, freshwater and terrestrial habitats

49. In crossword puzzles, ⟨dž⟩, ⟨lj⟩, ⟨nj⟩ each occupy a single square.

50. We'll surround the government quarter, occupy all SS and police barracks.