[
US
/ˈɑkjəˌpaɪ/
]
[ UK /ˈɒkjʊpˌaɪ/ ]
[ UK /ˈɒkjʊpˌaɪ/ ]
VERB
-
march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation
Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939 -
require (time or space)
It took three hours to get to work this morning
This event occupied a very short time -
occupy the whole of
The liquid fills the container -
live (in a certain place)
he occupies two rooms on the top floor
She resides in Princeton -
consume all of one's attention or time
Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely -
be on the mind of
I worry about the second Germanic consonant shift -
keep busy with
She busies herself with her butterfly collection -
assume, as of positions or roles
She took the job as director of development
the young prince will soon occupy the throne
he occupies the position of manager
How To Use occupy In A Sentence
- The soldiers were requisitioning things left and right, not good for an occupying army.
- Dysfunctional families seem to be occupying the minds of Scotland's visiting choreographers.
- The case - possibly the ultimate in town versus gown - revolves around a former manse on a quiet street in St Andrews, where students already occupy more than half the town centre accommodation.
- The birds occupy a range of wetland habitats: lakes, rivers, reedbeds, sedge fens, marsh dykes, ponds, flooded gravel pits and meres.
- Now, from the left, comes a ragtag assortment of college kids, labor unionists, conspiracy theorists and others who've taken to the streets in protests dubbed "Occupy Wall Street.
- It was 1991 and he led the way in occupying his school, explaining that he wanted something more than better funding. Times, Sunday Times
- The two occupying powers cared little for the country's sovereignty and well-being.
- There is a recognition that we can occupy no space other than our own. Foucault and Derrida - The Other Side Of Reason
- In natural streams coho salmon and steelhead trout fry tend to occupy pools and riffles, respectively.
- It shows how football has come to occupy a central place in the networks of global power. Times, Sunday Times