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occupy

English

  1. 🔊 live (in a certain place)
    “She resides in Princeton”
  2. 🔊 occupy the whole of
    “The liquid fills the container”
  3. 🔊 march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation
    “Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939”
  4. 🔊 require (time or space)
    “It took three hours to get to work this morning”
  5. 🔊 keep busy with
    “She busies herself with her butterfly collection”
  6. 🔊 assume, as of positions or roles
    “She took the job as director of development”
  7. 🔊 be on the mind of
    “I worry about the second Germanic consonant shift”
  8. 🔊 consume all of one's attention or time
    “Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 ocupar to occupy, to reside in
  2. 🔊 ocupar to occupy, to take up (time or space)

Similar words

absorb engross engage invade take use up fill take busy reside lodge in fill concern interest worry abide absorb absorb the attention admit adopt amuse appropriate arrest arrogate