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occupied

occupied

43 2.4
A seat or place that someone is using
  • adjective
  • /ˈɑkjəˌpaɪd/
: ocupado
  • During rush hour, all the parking spaces are occupied by commuters.

That's if it stays occupied and it's managed well.

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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

in use
vsoccupied
74 1.0

Taken by someone so it is not free or available

applies to a seat, position, or space being filled by someone
held
vsoccupied
53 3.8

A place that a person or group controls

focuses on being filled or in use rather than control or ownership
inhabited
vsoccupied
28 2.9

A place where people or animals live

is not limited to places with residents and covers any filled space or seat
engaged
vsoccupied
  • UK
1 3.2

Already in use so you cannot use it

covers a filled seat or role even when not reserved
tenanted
vsoccupied
1 5.5

Lived in by people who pay rent

is broader, applying to seats, positions, or any spaces in use

Antonyms

∞ 1.0

Not containing anything

110 2.6

Not occupied by anyone, for example a seat or job

13 3.4

Empty and not used by anyone

Compounds

A house or apartment lived in by the person who has it rather than by a renter

How Occupied

full
∞ 1.0
occupied
43 2.4
vacant
110 2.6

Surface Forms

occupied positive

Morphology

occupied = occupy (transparent) = occupy + ed

Standard participial adjective formation from the verb 'occupy' with '-ed', so the meaning 'being held or filled' is directly predictable.

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.