occupied
Academic Word List, sublist 4.
About 24.49 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adjective Reserved; engaged.
The stall on the left is occupied.
- adjective Busy; unavailable.
She is occupied at the moment.
- adjective Subjugated; under the control of a foreign (usually military) presence.
My father travelled to occupied Japan in December 1945.
- interjection Used to communicate that a toilet is unavailable.
- verb simple past and past participle of occupy
Similar words
filled inhabited busy engaged in use tenanted done handled responsible employed
Often followed by
by the with in a territories and for as
Word family
occupancy occupant occupants occupation occupational occupations occupier occupiers occupies occupy
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