occupied
- adjective
- /ˈɑkjəˌpaɪd/
- During rush hour, all the parking spaces are occupied by commuters.
That's if it stays occupied and it's managed well.
- That's if it stays occupied and it's managed well.
- There were schools that were two, a third occupied.
- Whereas the bisexual category is a lot less occupied by men.
- And the, and the argument was we treat occupied weights very differently from unoccupied weights.
Examples
-
Right looking at you, but he can't move because the space is occupied and see that's how it worked.
-
This is fully occupied by electrons now.
-
It's highly occupied, it's running great cash flow, the owners are happy.
-
Budget occupied space and hidden costs.
-
Budget occupied space and hidden costs.
-
Their minds and lives are fully occupied with the struggle immediately at hand.
-
The volume of each little point or the region occupied by that little little point stays the same.
-
We are occupied by Border Patrol both physically and virtually.
-
That's if it stays occupied and it's managed well.
-
So while they are like occupied, I've just been sat here in this corner just chilling out.
Synonyms
Taken by someone so it is not free or available
Already in use so you cannot use it
A place that a person or group controls
Lived in by people who pay rent
A place where people or animals live
Antonyms
Compounds
How Occupied
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Occupied comes from the Latin occupare, which means 'to take' or 'to hold'. It shares the same root as occupy and occupation, so a seat that is occupied is 'taken' or 'held' by someone.