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occupied

occupied

12 2.8
A place like a house or flat where people live
  • adjective
  • /ˈɑːkjʊpaɪd/
: habitado
  • The apartment was fully occupied by the new tenants when I visited yesterday.

Grief at the space that they once occupied but don't occupy any longer.

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Examples

  • The Bedfords, the Duke of Bedford, for instance, occupied large portions of land.

  • They're now a part of my non owner occupied farm.

  • Today most of Greater Boston is a major urban area occupied by others and still we are here.

  • It was completely occupied by the police.

  • Grief at the space that they once occupied but don't occupy any longer.

  • There's one Georgian woman whose house is just right here on the occupied side of the fence.

  • After the renovations, the office building was occupied by several businesses.

  • The historic castle remains occupied by members of the royal family during the summer months.

Synonyms

populated
vsoccupied
92 2.5

An area where people or animals live

can mean simply used or lived in without implying crowding
inhabited
vsoccupied
28 2.9

A place where people or animals live

also covers being used or leased, not only where residents live
tenanted
vsoccupied
1 5.5

Lived in by people who pay rent

is used or lived in more generally and not limited to tenants

Antonyms

292 2.8

Left empty and not used, often by people who lived there

110 2.6

Not occupied by anyone, for example a seat or job

Compounds

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

How Inhabited

tenanted
1 5.5
occupied
12 2.8
vacant
110 2.6

Surface Forms

occupied positive

Morphology

occupied = occupy (transparent) = occupy + ed

Derived from 'occupy' + '-ed'; the meaning 'being lived in or used' follows directly from the base verb.

Etymology

Occupied comes from the Latin occupare, which means 'to take' or 'hold'. It is the same root as occupy and occupation, so a house that is occupied is 'held' or lived in by someone.