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Another word for occupy

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Verb

  1. To live in (a place), as does a people

    See also:

    place

  2. To seize and move into by force

    See also:

    attack

  3. To cause to be busy or in use

    See also:

    used

    action

  4. To make busy

    See also:

    action

  5. To get and hold the attention of

    See also:

    excite

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Another word for occupy

Verb

  1. To take possession

    See also:

    seize

    obtain

  2. To fill space

    See also:

    sit

    fill

    Antonyms:

  3. To absorb attention

    See also:

    fascinate

© WEBSTER’S NEW WORLD® ROGET’S A-Z THESAURUS by Charlton Laird and the editors of Webster’s New World dictionaries. Copyright © 1999 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Sentence Examples

  • He went on his way to occupy Syria and Phoenicia.

  • To him it was something to occupy her mind, not something important - like his work.

  • The lungs are small and occupy only the dorsal portion of the thoracic cavity.

  • And joyful and agitating thoughts began to occupy his mind.

  • Each drop tried to spread out and occupy as much space as possible, but others striving to do the same compressed it, sometimes destroyed it, and sometimes merged with it.

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