occupy
Take up residence
Occupy means to take up space or time.
A couch occupies a corner; a meeting occupies an hour.
To occupy a place is to live or work there: The company occupies three floors.
Military forces occupy territory by taking control of it.
To occupy yourself is to keep busy: She occupied herself with gardening.
The 2011 Occupy Wall Street protests gave the word new political resonance—to occupy became a form of protest through physical presence.
To dwell within
lodging · quarters · residence · homestead · cohabitation · tenant · lease · squatter
Absorb one's attention wholly
- absorbTake in fully
- immersePlunge into liquid entirely
- busyActively occupied with tasks
- engageActively participate or connect
fill · consume · distract · divert · attention · focus · time · thoughts
Protest by remaining seated
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
- activismDirect effort for reform
- encampmentTemporary military or refugee settlement
- blockadeSealing off a place
rally · civil disobedience · strike · picket · barricade · solidarity · movement · disruption
Forcible entry into territory
- colonizationForeign territorial takeover
- annexationAbsorbing territory into jurisdiction
- subjugationForcing into submission
- dominationSupreme authority held
siege · capture · territory · imperialism · military · troops · forces · regime
inhabit
To dwell within
tenancy · lodging · quarters · residence · homestead · cohabitation · tenant · lease · squatter · householder
engross
Absorb one's attention wholly
engage · fill · consume · distract · divert · attention · focus · time · thoughts · mind
fill
Make something full
hold · claim · position · seat · room · territory · spot · place · desk · table
sit-in
Protest by remaining seated
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
- activismDirect effort for reform
- encampmentTemporary military or refugee settlement
blockade · rally · civil disobedience · strike · picket · barricade · solidarity · movement · disruption · vigil
invasion
Forcible entry into territory
- colonizationForeign territorial takeover
- annexationAbsorbing territory into jurisdiction
- subjugationForcing into submission
domination · siege · capture · territory · imperialism · military · troops · forces · regime · liberation
- imperialismempire building, colonization, imperial expansion, British Empire, colonies
- staying putwait, staying, linger, waiting, remain
- game movesmove, dodge, play, pass, block
- protestdemonstration, walkout, picket, protest march, sit-in
- engageengage, immerse, delve, dive, plunge
- lodging actionscheck in, check out, book, reserve, register
- German occupationMilitary seizure of territory
- occupational hazardDanger specific to one's profession
- military occupationForeign army's territorial administration
- occupancy ratesMeasure of space utilization
- occupied territoriesRegions under foreign control
- occupational therapyRestoring practical life abilities
occupation, preoccupied, occupied, occupant, unoccupied, occupies, occupying, occupancy, occupier