ENGLISH: occupy - CREOLE: pran



Overview of verb occupy



The verb occupy has 8 senses (first 8 from tagged texts)



1. (22) inhabit, occupy -- (be present in; be inside of)

2. (8) busy, occupy -- (keep busy with; "She busies herself with her butterfly collection")

3. (7) occupy, reside, lodge in -- (live (in a certain place))

4. (3) occupy, fill -- (occupy the whole of; "The liquid fills the container")

5. (2) concern, interest, occupy, worry -- (be on the mind of; "I worry about the second Germanic consonant")

6. (2) take, occupy, use up -- (require (time or space); "It took three hours to get to work this morning"; "This event occupied a very short time")

7. (2) invade, occupy -- (march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation; "Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939")

8. (1) absorb, engross, engage, occupy -- (engage or engross wholly; "Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely")

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