The meaning of OCCUPY is to engage the attention or energies of. How to use occupy in a sentence.

1. busy doing or thinking about something: keep the brain occupied!; she was fully occupied with driving.

Every room in the hotel is occupied. Organized sports can keep teenagers occupied.

Sometimes Occupied (of a place) taken possession of and controlled by demonstrators who see it as symbolic of a social or political issue. People stopped outside the occupied library to show their …

There are many illegally occupied buildings and few of the signs of economic growth seen elsewhere.

Definition of occupied adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

to have, hold, or take as a separate space: The orchard occupies half the farm. to be a resident or tenant of: Our company occupied the three top floors of that building. spend: to occupy time reading. …

3 days ago · occupied (comparative more occupied, superlative most occupied) Reserved; engaged. The stall on the left is occupied. Busy; unavailable.

We live in an occupied country. = Our country is occupied by a foreign government.

occupied definition: being used or reserved for use. Check meanings, examples, usage tips, pronunciation, domains, and related words. Discover expressions like "keep one's mind occupied", …