occupied
- adjective
- /ˈɑːkjʊpaɪd/
:
ocupado
- She was so occupied with her studies that she forgot to eat lunch.
And he says all these professions are occupied with the search after truth.
- And he says all these professions are occupied with the search after truth.
- I can't keep Threadripper occupied permanently for this task.
- So you're, you're at least mentally occupied while you do them.
- But having a goal really kept me occupied and I wasn't sure if I had another one.
- If they weren't being occupied in those virtual worlds, they might actually be causing more trouble.
- Breadcrumbing is also not people being genuinely busy or occupied, I don't know, with work or other responsibilities.
- Because you want to keep your kids amused, occupied, entertained, inspired during the long summer holidays.
- These are books that contain a lot to read through, so they're going to keep me kind of occupied and busy.
- You were occupied, and I don't know what's going on.
Examples
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But having a goal really kept me occupied and I wasn't sure if I had another one.
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Your victims live in their own worlds, their minds occupied with anxieties and daily concerns.
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You know, some of them stay occupied right throughout the Cold War.
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It would decrease safety because police would be occupied with normal people.
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You were occupied, and I don't know what's going on.
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The children were happily occupied with their new toys all afternoon.
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While waiting for the bus, he kept himself occupied by listening to music.
Synonyms
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4.0
Busy with something and cannot do other things
4
4.6
Busy with something else and not available
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3.4
Working very hard all the time
Giving full attention to an activity or idea
Antonyms
Compounds
How Busy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Occupied comes from the Latin occupare, which means 'to take' or 'use'. Think of your time being 'taken' by work or a game—if your time is taken, you are occupied and not free.