to occupy
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3.1
- verb
- /ˈɑːkjəˌpaɪ/
:
ocupar
- It's a role she can occupy with great ease.
- occupy a position
- occupy a post
- occupy a place
The the role, the function that he has and his uniqueness in occupying that role.
- The the role, the function that he has and his uniqueness in occupying that role.
- I think there's loads of people who could be whoever I am, like occupy that cultural place that I'm in.
- I know that one day I will occupy the position of High Commissioner of Human Rights, which was the demand of civil society in Vienna.
- And the Orthodox Arianism at one time actually sort of occupied the central seat in in Constantinople.
- I saw no reason at all why Arizona couldn't occupy that space.
Examples
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Men who occupy the highest offices in this city... openly and brazenly bid against each other... for that very vote.
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Although AID now plays a larger role, PVOs still occupy a critical position within the program.
Academic text (1991) -
I know that one day I will occupy the position of High Commissioner of Human Rights, which was the demand of civil society in Vienna.
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Many years ago, this very office was occupied by a kindly old watchmaker named Mr. White.
Fiction book (1999) -
None can deny the large place literary studies do in fact occupy in today's undergraduate curriculum.
Academic text (1992) -
Here, the position that Anderson would occupy in "The Killers" is taken by the badly wounded soldier Nick Grainger.
Academic text (2017) -
I understand Teddy Roosevelt says you're the most incompetent man to ever occupy the office, worse even than Thomas Jefferson.
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Ever since I was Prince of Wales, and later on, when I occupied the throne, I have been treated with the greatest kindness by all classes of the people wherever I have lived or journeyed throughout the empire.
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Kings would have a Baath Tiley, a house poet, occupying A prestigious seat on the King's Royal Court.
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I hope to occupy a leadership role in the organization after I gain more experience.
Synonyms
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1.0
Move into a position or seat
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3.0
To choose someone for a job or role
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3.6
Begin work in an official job after being elected or appointed
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3.2
To move into a position or place for duty
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8.4
To take an official position such as a throne or presidency
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Etymology
Occupy comes from the Latin occupare, made of ob- and capere meaning 'to take', like in capture, so to occupy a position is to 'take' and hold that role.