Occupied

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Occupied describes something in use or taken up.

An occupied seat has someone sitting in it; an occupied bathroom is currently in use.

A person who is occupied is busy or engaged: She's occupied with meetings all morning.

Of territory, occupied means controlled by foreign military forces: occupied France during World War II.

To occupy is to fill, inhabit, or take possession of a space, position, or time.

busy

engaged

Pledged to marry

absorbed · immersed · engrossed · consumed · distracted · swamped · overwhelmed · focused · concentrated · committed

inuse

taken

Occupied or seized

filled · in use · unavailable · full · spoken for · held · allocated · assigned · engaged · blocked

military

invaded

Entered by force

colonized · controlled · subjugated · patrolled · garrisoned · stationed · troops · soldiers · resistance · liberation

protest

sit-in

Protest by remaining seated

encampment · protesters · activists · barricade · rally · picket · strike · solidarity · movement · resistance

inhabited

dwelling

Place of residence

resident · inhabitant · housed · settled · populated · domiciled · lodging · staying · boarding · renting

Categories
Opposites
spatial vacancy

Occupiedvacant

Without an occupant

empty · unoccupied · available · free · deserted

activity/engagement

Occupiedfree

Without payment or restriction

available · idle · unoccupied · unengaged · at leisure

territorial/political control

Occupiedliberated

Released from confinement

free · independent · sovereign · unoccupied · autonomous

Phrases
Family

occupies, occupier, occupiers, unoccupied, preoccupied, preoccupies, reoccupied, reoccupies

Familiarity
Top 500,000
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