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# occupied

«occupied» in Mova's school dictionary: **Being used by someone, not free (the toilet is occupied…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (past of «occupy»: occupy, occupies, occupied, occupying); adjective (occupied)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (adjective) Being used by someone, not free (the toilet is occupied, an occupied seat). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/occupied/#m1)

2) (adjective) Busy, or having your mind or time filled with something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/occupied/#m2)

3) Lived in (an occupied house). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/occupied/#m3)

4) Taken and controlled by an army or a group. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/occupied/#m4)

5) Filled a space or an amount of time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/occupied/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

Seen on toilet doors and seats (occupied / vacant), in maths (occupied seats vs empty seats), history (occupied countries) and everyday life (kept the children occupied). Phrases: «keep someone occupied», «occupied with», «occupied by».

### examples

- The toilet is occupied, please wait. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/occupied/#x1)
- 45 of the 60 seats are occupied. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/occupied/#x2)
- The puzzle kept the kids occupied for an hour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/occupied/#x3)
- She is occupied with her homework. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/occupied/#x4)
- The house has been occupied by the same family for a long time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/occupied/#x5)
- The town was occupied by soldiers in the war. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/occupied/#x6)
- Toys occupied every shelf in his room. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/occupied/#x7)
- However, he stayed there and occupied himself as best he could. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/occupied/#x8)

### note

Opposite: vacant, free, empty. Spelling: double «c», single «p». In maths: occupied + empty = total (45 occupied seats out of 60 means 60 − 45 = 15 empty seats).

### In the corpora

- [Japan occupied Manchuria in 1931 and began full war on China in 1937; millions of Chinese died before Japan's defeat in 1945.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/58-china-1911-1949-and-mao/15/)
- [These were the potters, and those that dwelt among plantations and hedges; there they dwelt occupied in the king's work.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.185/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «occupied» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/occupied/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.