to occupy
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3.0
- verb
- /ˈɑːkjəˌpaɪ/
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vivir en
- After years of searching, they finally found a home to occupy in the city center.
- an occupied house
- an occupied building
- an occupied room
You, you, you occupy the same parts of your living space, right.
- You, you, you occupy the same parts of your living space, right.
- Those belief systems are related to the place that you occupy.
- A dog forever circling the space I plan to occupy.
- There's no reason to think to prevent us from thinking that you've had cosmogenesis even within the space-time that we occupy.
- Here the capitalists are occupy the centre of the city and the workers drift out out to the outskirts.
Examples
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They occupy their own space.
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And you occupy an apartment on the same floor, don't you?
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So be you young or old, if you are an owner, the amount of space that you occupy has increased.
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Because I now occupy the land that we fought on.
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The White House was first occupied by President John Adams and his family in November 1800.
Academic text (1999) -
One must also consider the Temne, who now occupy the western fringe of this area.
Academic text (1990) -
Many students living on campus occupy dorms, and dorm life can be particularly challenging.
Academic text (2013) -
By 2050, the world is expected to be occupied by 9.2 billion people.
Academic text (2011) -
The pilgrim church is itself a liminal reality, occupying the border between heaven and earth.
Academic text (2008) -
Chiefswood, as it was called, was built in the mid-1850s and occupied by the Johnson family into the mid-1880s.
Academic text (2017)
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To have a home in a particular place
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3.0
To live in a particular place
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3.5
To live in a place like a house or area
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3.2
To live in a place such as a house or town
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Etymology
Occupy comes from an old Latin word occupare, built from ob- and capere which mean 'to take', the same root behind capture, so to occupy a home is to 'take' it as your place to live.