Occupy

Definitions: Occupy

Occupy

Verb

1. Be present in; be inside of.

2. Keep busy with; "She busies herself with her butterfly collection".

3. Live (in a certain place).

4. Occupy the whole of; "The liquid fills the container".

5. Be on the mind of; "What is worrying you?".

6. As of time or space: "It took three hours to get to work this morning"; "This event occupied a very short time".

7. March aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation; "Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939".

8. Engage or engross wholly; "Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely".

Date "occupy" was first used: sometime in the early 14th century. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Slang in 1811	OCCUPY. To occupy a woman; to have carnal knowledge of her. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
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Synonyms: Occupy

Synonyms: absorb (v), busy (v), concern (v), engage (v), engross (v), fill (v), inhabit (v), interest (v), invade (v), lodge in (v), reside (v), take (v), use up (v), worry (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Attention	Verb: be attentive; Adjective: attend, advert to, observe, look, see, view, remark, notice, regard, take notice, mark; give attention to, pay attention to, pay heed to, give heed to; incline an ear to, lend an ear to; trouble one's head about; give a thought to, animadvert to; occupy oneself with; contemplate; (think of); look at, look to, look after, look into, look over; see to; turn the mind to, bend the mind to, apply the mind to, direct the mind to, give the mind to, turn the eye to, bend the eye to, apply the eye to, direct the eye to, give the eye to, turn the attention to, bend the attention to, apply the attention to, direct the attention to, give the attention to; have an eye to, have in one's eye; bear in mind; take into account, take into consideration; keep in sight, keep in view; have regard to, heed, mind, take cognizance of entertain, recognize; make note of, take note of; note.
	Catch the eye, strike the eye; attract notice; catch the attention, awaken the attention, wake the attention, invite the attention, solicit the attention, attract the attention, claim the attention excite the attention, engage the attention, occupy the attention, strike the attention, arrest the attention, fix the attention, engross the attention, absorb the attention, rivet the attention, catch the mind, awaken the mind, wake the mind, invite the mind, solicit the mind, attract the mind, claim the mind excite the mind, engage the mind, occupy the mind, strike the mind, arrest the mind, fix the mind, engross the mind, absorb the mind, rivet the mind, catch the thoughts, awaken the thoughts, wake the thoughts, invite the thoughts, solicit the thoughts, attract the thoughts, claim the thoughts excite the thoughts, engage the thoughts, occupy the thoughts, strike the thoughts, arrest the thoughts, fix the thoughts, engross the thoughts, absorb the thoughts, rivet the thoughts; be present to the mind, be uppermost in the mind.
Authority	Be at the head of; Adjective: hold office, be in office, fill an office; hold master, occupy master, a post master, be master.
Business	Verb: pass one's time in, employ one's time in, spend one's time in; employ oneself in, employ oneself upon; occupy oneself with, concern oneself with; make it one's business; Noun: undertake; enter a profession; betake oneself to, turn one's hand to; have to do with; (do).
Direction	Superintend, supervise; overlook, control, keep in order, look after, see to, legislate for; administer, ministrate; matronize; have the care of, have the charge of; be in charge of, have charge of, take the direction; boss, boss one around; pull the strings, pull the wires; rule; (command); have the direction, hold office, hold the portfolio; preside, preside at the board; take the chair, occupy the chair, be in the chair; pull the stroke oar.
Government	Rule, sway, command, control, administer; govern; (direct); lead, preside over, reign, possess the throne, be seated on the throne, occupy the throne; sway the scepter, wield the scepter; wear the crown.
Possession	Verb: possess, have, hold, occupy, enjoy; be possessed of; Adjective: have in hand; Adjective: own; command.
Presence	Verb: exist in space, be present; Adjective: assister; make one of, make one at; look on, attend, remain; find oneself, present oneself; show one's face; fall in the way of, occur in a place; lie, stand; occupy; be there.
Term	Verb: hold a place, occupy a place, find a place, fall into a place; n.
Thought	Occur; present itself, suggest itself; come into one's head, get into one's head; strike one, flit across the view, come uppermost, run in one s head; enter the mind, pass in the mind, cross the mind, flash on the mind, flash across the mind, float in the mind, fasten itself on the mind, be uppermost in the mind, occupy the mind; have in one's mind.
Time	Take time, take up time, fill time, occupy time.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	I'm awfully sorry, but I'm afraid we're going to have to occupy your house. (A Bridge Too Far; writing credit: Cornelius Ryan; William Goldman)
Lyrics	A simple prop to occupy my time (The One I Love; performing artist: R.E.M.)
Movie/TV Titles	Occupy! (1976)
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Domain	Title
Books	Choosing Gladness: Letting God Occupy Your Heart (reference) Hitler's Daughter...Wants to Occupy the White House (reference) Occupy Until I Come: A. T. Pierson and World Evangelization (reference) The moundbuilders; were they Egyptians, and did they ever occupy the state of New York (LC History-America-E) (reference) The Preschooler's Busy Book: 365 Creative Games and Activities to Occupy Your 3-To-6-Year-Old (reference) (more book examples)
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	All wood rat species are quick to occupy and construct nests in human habitations or outbuildings within their range, thereby, bringing vector fleas into close contact with humans and their pets.Credit: CDC.		Reef fish, including rosy snappers, occupy a deep limestone reef.Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).
	Conversion. Toy furniture to dies for incendiary bombs. This small Midwest machine shop used to manufacture doll's furniture and fly swatters before Pearl Harbor. Subcontracts on defense orders now occupy all machines as rapidly as the old stock can be as.Credit: Library of Congress.		Conversion. Toy furniture to dies for incendiary bombs. This small Midwest machine shop used to manufacture doll's furniture and fly swatters before Pearl Harbor. Subcontracts on defense orders now occupy all machines as rapidly as the old stock can be as.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Occupy & restore Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant, June 24.Credit: Library of Congress.
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Author	Quotation
Francois De La Rochefoucauld	Those who occupy their minds with small matters, generally become incapable of greatness.
Lord Byron	Poetry should only occupy the idle.
Marcus T. Cicero	The eyes like sentinel occupy the highest place in the body.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Author	Date	Quotation
Treaty of Versailles	1919	Educational establishments, the universities, societies of discharged soldiers, shooting or touring clubs and, generally speaking associations of every description, whatever be the age of their members, must not occupy themselves with any military matters. (reference)
Winston S. Churchill	1946	At the end of the fighting last June, the American and British Armies withdrew westwards, in accordance with an earlier agreement, to a depth at some points of 150 miles upon a front of nearly four hundred miles, in order to allow our Russian allies to occupy this vast expanse of territory which the Western Democracies had conquered. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Scarlet Letter	Hawthorne, Nathaniel	Hester Prynne did not now occupy precisely the same position in which we beheld her during the earlier periods of her ignominy.
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	If you deign to honour me with the most modest offering, I shall occupy myself immediately a piese of verse for you to pay my tribut of recognition.
Walden	Thoreau, Henry David	I am not aware that any man has ever built on the spot which I occupy.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Similarly, many PD patients develop dementia and have neurofibrillary tangles and senile plaques like those found in AD. A further indication of overlap is Lewy body disease, a neurodegenerative disorder whose clinical signs occupy a middle ground between AD on the one hand and PD on the other. (references)
Business		Local assembly computers occupy 65 percent of the market. (references)
		German suppliers of smoke and gas detectors also occupy an important market share. (references)
		U.S.-owned establishments occupy a prominent place in the computer services field in Netherlands. (references)
Civil Liberties	Bosnia and Herzegovina	The ERRC also reported that RS Government bodies occupy some Romani homes. (references)
	Czech Republic	There is one full-time anchorman of Ghanaian background on TV Nova, but no Roma occupy such positions. (references)
	Russia	Mormons also have experienced trouble in obtaining permission to build and then occupy an assembly hall in Volgograd. (references)
Discrimination	Cote d'Ivoire	The Constitution and the law prohibit discrimination based on race, ethnicity, national origin, sex, or religion; however, in practice women occupy a subordinate role in society. (references)
Economic History	Qatar	The Qatari-owned banks occupy a leading position in Qatar's new stock market. (references)
	Afghanistan	Repeated Taliban efforts to occupy Afghanistan's seat at the UN and OIC were unsuccessful. (references)
Human Rights	Zimbabwe	The Government claims that white farmers occupy 70 percent of the country's most productive land. (references)
	South Africa	Severe overcrowding in some prisons led to poor health; as many as 75 inmates may occupy a cell designed to hold 40 inmates. (references)
	Morocco	However, some of their former leaders now occupy high posts in the Youssoufi Government, particularly in the human rights field. (references)
Indigenous People	Brazil	Pataxo leaders claim that the sterilizations constituted genocide intended to free their land for farmers who illegally occupy the Pataxo reserve. (references)
	Suriname	The villagers sought observance of a 1762 treaty between their ancestors and Dutch colonial authorities, which granted ownership of the interior to the tribes as long as they occupy the land. (references)
Minorities	Azerbaijan	Some persons of mixed Armenian-Azerbaijani descent continued to occupy government positions. (references)
Political Economy	Tuvalu	Women traditionally occupy a subordinate role, with limits on their job opportunities. (references)
	Kiribati	In this traditional culture, women occupy a subordinate role and have limited job opportunities. (references)
	Sudan	Southern IDP's generally occupy the lowest paying occupations and are subject to economic exploitation in rural and urban industries and activities. (references)
Political Rights	South Africa	ANC members occupy 24 of the 27 ministerial positions. (references)
	Hungary	Few women occupy other leadership positions in the Government or political parties. (references)
	Azerbaijan	Independent deputies that are primarily loyal to the Government occupy most of the remaining seats. (references)
Travel	Netherlands	A municipal housing permit is required to occupy certain houses and apartments, and the landlord can advise you on this. (references)
Women	Congo	Only rarely do they occupy positions of authority or high responsibility. (references)
	Zimbabwe	Although there have been recent advances for women, they continue to occupy mainly administrative positions. (references)
Worker Rights	Malaysia	These workers occupy a wide range of menial jobs in the agricultural, industrial, and service sectors. (references)
	United Kingdom	Former British union leaders frequently occupy leadership positions in international labor organizations. (references)
	Korea	However, in a departure from this trend, in April police officers used force at a temporarily closed Daewoo auto factory when workers attempted to storm and occupy the plant. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	LAND, n. A part of the earth's surface, considered as property. The theory that land is property subject to private ownership and control is the foundation of modern society, and is eminently worthy of the superstructure. Carried to its logical conclusion, it means that some have the right to prevent others from living; for the right to own implies the right exclusively to occupy; and in fact laws of trespass are enacted wherever property in land is recognized. It follows that if the whole area of terra firma is owned by A, B and C, there will be no place for D, E, F and G to be born, or, born as trespassers, to exist. A life on the ocean wave, A home on the rolling deep, For the spark the nature gave I have there the right to keep. They give me the cat-o'-nine Whenever I go ashore. Then ho! for the flashing brine -- I'm a natural commodore! Dodle
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Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
George Washington	1789-1797	The commissioner of the United States therefore commenced his journey for the Natchez in September, and troops were ordered to occupy the posts from which the Spanish garrisons should be withdrawn.
Thomas Jefferson	1801-1809	If in the course of your observations or inquiries they should appear to need any aid within the limits of our constitutional powers, your sense of their importance is a sufficient assurance they will occupy your attention.
Jimmy Carter	1977-1981	For the first time in our history, women occupy policymaking positions at the highest level of every Federal agency and department and have demonstrated their ability to serve our citizens well.
George W. Bush	2001-2005	Terrorists who once occupied Afghanistan now occupy cells at Guantanamo Bay.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Occupy" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 58.04% of the time. "Occupy" is used about 1,050 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	58.04%	609	10,572
Lexical Verb (base form)	41.96%	441	13,108
Total	100.00%	1,050	N/A

Expressions using "occupy": occupy a post ♦ occupy fully ♦ occupy master ♦ occupy oneself ♦ occupy the mind ♦ occupy the post ♦ occupy time. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "occupy": re-occupy.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "occupy"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaan		beklee (clothe, cover, dress, overlay, take). (various references)

Albanian		okupoj, zaptoj (conquer, invade, take), zë (bar, begin, block out, calk, catch, caulk, clog, close, engage, find, handle, have, hold, knead, part, plug up, seize, shut out, sound, take, tie up, voice), marr (accede, acquire, assume, bring, catch, claim, collect, contract, draw, get, have, land, make, obtain, pick up, possess, realize, receive, score, take, take in, take out), invadoj (invade, make inroads into). (various references)

Arabic		‏كان مشغول (inundate), ‏تولى منصبا, ‏سكن (alleviate, appease, assuage, attemper, calm, cool, dwell, dwelling, dwelt, ease, fall, gentle, habitation, hostel, house, hut, kill, live, lodging, lull, pacify, palliate, place, qualify, quarters, quiet, quieten, remit, repose, residence, salve, set together, settle, solace, soothe, stay, still, supple, tenant), ‏إحتل (conquer, overrun, squat, take, take up), ‏إستغرق (absorb, cover, engross, enwrap, sink, take up, wrap), ‏أقام (banquet, build, dwell, erect, establish, home, institute, live, locate, lodge, perch, reinstate, reside, roost, sojourn, stay, tenant), ‏أخذ (catch, gather, pick, reception, take), ‏شغل منزلا, ‏شغل منصبا. (various references)

Blackfoot		omiistoto (to occupy). (various references)

Bulgarian		във владение съм на, окупирам, обитавам (bide, dwell, haunt, indwell, inhabit, people), завземам (seize), занимавам се с (address oneself to, engage in, go in for, handle, prosecute, run on, see about, see to, treat), зает съм с, заемам (advance, borrow, fill, hold, lend, loan, take over, take up), живея в (habit), изпълвам (fill, inflate, inform, infuse, inhabit). (various references)

Chinese		占领 (Occupied, Occupying, seize, seized, seizing). (various references)

Czech		okupovat, obsadit (annex, beset, cast, fill, overrun), zaneprázdnit, zamìstnat (employ, hire, take on, task), zabrat (annex, be effective, commandeer, confiscate, grip, impound, requisition, take, take in, take on, take up), bydlit (house, inhabit, live, reside). (various references)

Danish		tjenestemanden har pligt til at goere tjeneste i en stilling midlertidigt (theofficial may be called upon to occupy a post temporarily), stringing betyder at laegge de enkelte roer ud paa én lang linje mere eller mindre taet ved den endelige linjefoering (stringing consists of distribution pipes in a single line along the route more or less adjacent to the position each will finally occupy), kation-vacancerne udgoer lO% af kationgitterpladserne (the cation vacancies occupy l0 ( of the cation lattice sites )), driftsoverskud fra offentlige virksomheder,der uden at være fiskale monopoler,har en monopolstilling (although not fiscal monopolies, occupy a monopolistic position, operating surpluses of public enterprises which), alfabetlængde (alphabet length, an alphabet length may be used in calculating an approximation of the amount of space that a given text will occupy when presented in a given typeface and nominal type size.However, juventile), literary, such an approximation must take into account the distribution of the letters of the alphabet in text of different kinds(e.g.scientific). (various references)

Dutch		bezetten (take), beslaan (become steamy, comprise, dim, fill, fit out, garnish, get blurred, get covered with, get dim, shoe, take, take up, trim), bekleden (clothe, cover, overlay, take). (various references)

Esperanto		okupi (take), enspaci (fill, take up). (various references)

Farsi		مشغول داشتن , سرگرم کردن (Amuse, Entertain, Inveigle, Please, Sport), اشغال کردن (Engross). (various references)

Finnish		varata (allow, put aside, reserve, set apart, take). (various references)

French		occuper. (various references)

Frisian		besette (take). (various references)

German		besetzen (cast, edge, fill, fit out, garnish, garrison, reserve, seize, set, squat in, stock, stud, take, to stud, trim), in Anspruch nehmen (claim, consume, engage, engross, enlist, preoccupy, take, take advantage of), einnehmen (capture, carry, collect, earn, fill, prepossess, soak up, take, take up, to take up, use), belegen (allocate, belay, book, cover, document, engage, fill, impose, reserve, to engage, to reserve, use, verify), bekleiden (attire, bestow, clothe, cover, dress, endue, fill, hold, take, vest). (various references)

Greek		καταλαμβάνω (conceive, seize, sit in, understand). (various references)

Hebrew		לתפוס (apprehand, catch, cop, grasp, lay hold of, nab, seize, snatch, take), לכבוש (conquer, press, subjugate, take, tread down, vanquish), להעסיק (employ, engage, keep busy, take on). (various references)

Hungarian		megszáll (obsess, to lodge, to obsess, to possess), elfolglal (take), elfoglalni, elfoglal (engross, overrun, to annex, to carry, to occupy, to seize), bevesz (swallow, take in, to take in, to take into). (various references)

Indonesian		menduduki (see: mengeduduki), membeset (skin). (various references)

Italian		occupare (absorb, attend to, be responsible for, deal in, employ, fill, hold, inhabit, keep, keep busy, live in, preoccupy, sit in, spend, take, take possession, take up, task, to employ). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		占める (to comprise, to hold, to occupy). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		しめる (to account for, to be damp, to be wet, to become wet, to close, to comprise, to constrict, to fasten, to hold, to make up, to occupy, to shut, to strangle, to tie), しむ (old causative verbal ending, to account for, to command, to hold, to occupy), ふさぐ (to block, to close up, to fill up, to occupy, to plug up, to shut up, to stand in another's way, to stop up, to take up), ばをとる (to occupy much space), のっとる (to be in accordance with, to capture, to conform to, to occupy, to usurp), のりとる (to capture, to occupy, to usurp), じんとり (children's game in which the aim is to occupy the other's home base). (various references)

Korean		점유하십시요. (various references)

Norwegian		besette (take). (various references)

Papiamen		okupá (take). (various references)

Pig Latin		occupyay

Polish		zajmować. (various references)

Portuguese		ocupar (beset, engage, engross, exercise, fill, take), preencher (fill, fill in, to fill). (various references)

Romanian		ocupa un post, ocupa (absorb, busy, come into, conquer, do, engage, fill, hold, indwell, make good, take), pune stãpânire pe (grasp, invade, overpower, overtake, seize, take, take hold of, take possession of), preocupa (concern, preoccupy, reck, revolve), lua în posesiune (appropriate), folosi (affect, anticipate, apply, avail, benefit, boot, dispose, employ, impress, make use of, practise, put forth, seize, stand smb. in good stead, turn to account, use, utilize, wield), arenda (lease), a-şi ocupa (fill), închiria (freight, hack, hire, job, lease, rent, take, tenant). (various references)

Russian		занимать (borrow, busy, engage, occupies, take up). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		okupirati, zauzeti (capture, carry by, gain, overrun, seize, strike, take), zapremati, zaposesti (take possession of). (various references)

Spanish		ocupar (attend to, be busy, capture, deal with, employ, encroach on, engage, fill, have a job, hold, light out, line, live in, pay attention, see to, take, take over, take up), desempeñar (act, discharge, perform, play, redeem, take). (various references)

Swedish		upptaga (admit, engage, engross, enrol, enroll, ingest, open, pick up, receive, take up), intaga (captivate, carry, enrol, enroll, seize, take), besitta (have, own, possess), besätta (beset, fill, man, set, stud, trim). (various references)

Turkish		oturmak (be seated, dwell in, fall, fit, gear, hang out, indwell, inhabit, live, locate, Lodge, park oneself, perch, reside, room, seat oneself, set, settle, sit, sit down, sit on, sit oneself, stable, take a seat, tenant), tutmak (abide by, add up to, affect, Bate, be, bespeak, bind, book, catch, charter, check, choke, choke back, choke down, choke off, claw hold of, clench, clutch, cog, cohere, come to, confine, constrain, contain, cost, cramp, engage, Favor, favour, figure out at, fish, gather, get hold of, grapple, grasp, grip, guard, hang onto, hire, hire on, hold, hold back, hold in, hold on, hold on to, hold up, inhibit, intercept, keep, keep back, keep down, keep in, keep to, play, play on, play upon, possess, redeem, remand, reserve, restrain, retain, save, seize, seize on, stanchion, stick, stick to, stifle, strangle, support, take, take up, tot up, total, uphold, withhold, work out at), meşgul etmek (employ), işgal etmek, almak (accept, accomplish, achieve, acquire, admit, assume, attain, borrow, buy, capture, collect, come in, conquer, divest smb. of, draw, enter on, enter upon, enucleate, excise, extract, fetch, gain, garner, get, govern, have, help oneself to, hold, induct, lay hold of, let in, obtain, pick up, pull off, purchase, put on, receive, seat, seize, sweep off, take, take from, take in, take on, take over, take up, to buy, withdraw, wreak). (various references)

Turkmen		okkupirlemek. (various references)

Ukranian		тимчасово користуватися, тимчасово орендувати, окупувати, захоплювати (absorb, bag, carry away, clench, clip, delight, encroach, enrapture, enthuse, grab, inlace, invade, possess, rapture, ravish, take), заволодівати (collect, pot, sequester), займати посаду (hold an appointment, hold office, sit), займати (beset), забирати час, заповнювати (bank, lard, pack, stuff, write in), бути захопленим, бути зайнятим (engage), поглинати (absorb, canker, consume, devour, eat away, engulf, gulf, immerse, lap up, merge, mop up, overwhelm, suck in, swallow). (various references)

Welsh		meddiannu (annex, appropriate, possess). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	inhabita, inhabitabant, inhabitabantur, inhabitabis, inhabitabit, inhabitabitur, inhabitabo, inhabitabunt, inhabitabuntur, inhabitamus, inhabitans, inhabitant, inhabitantem, inhabitantes, inhabitantibus, inhabitantium, inhabitare, inhabitat, inhabitata, inhabitatio, inhabitationes, inhabitatores, inhabitaverunt, inhabitavit, inhabitem, inhabitet, obside, obsidebant, obsidebantur, obsidebat, obsidemus, obsidens, obsident, obsidentibus, obsiderent, obsideret, obsides, obsidet, obtentu, obtinebas, obtinebat, obtinebimus, obtinebis, obtinebit, obtinebitis, obtinebunt, obtinendam, obtinent, obtinere, obtinerent, obtineret, obtinet, obtinuerant, obtinuerat, obtinuerimus, obtinueris, obtinuerunt, obtinueruntque, obtinui, obtinuissent, obtinuisset, obtinuit, occupabit, occupans, occupare, occuparentur, occupastis, occupate, occupati, occupatis, occupaverat, occupaverunt, occupaveruntque, occupavit, occupet, possederant, possederat, possederim, possederis, possederunt, possederuntque, possedi, possedimus, possedisti, possedistis, possedit, possessa, possessuri, possessurus, posside, possideamus, possideant, possideas, possideat, possideatis, possidebant, possidebas, possidebat, possidebis, possidebit, possidebitis, possidebo, possidebunt, possidebuntur, possidemus, possidendam, possidendas, possidendum, possidens, possident, possidentem, possidentis, possidentium, possideo, possidere, possiderem, possiderent, possideres, possideret, possideretis, possides, possidet, possidete, possidetis, prendere, prendidistis, preoccupo. (various references)
Old English	450-1100	bysigian. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Luke Chapter 19, Verse 13
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	KalesaV de deka doulouV eautou edwken autoiV deka mnaV kai eipen proV autouV pragmateusasqe ewV ercomai
Latin	405	Vulgate	Vocatis autem decem servis suis dedit illis decem mnas et ait ad illos negotiamini dum venio
Old English	990	West Saxon	þa clypode he his tyn þeowas and sealde tyn pund him: and cwæð to him; Ceapiað oð þæt ic cume;
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	Sothli his ten seruauntis clepid, he yaf to hem ten besauntis. And `he seide to hem, Marchaundise ye, til I come.
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	And he called his ten servauntes and delyvered them ten pounde sayinge vnto them: by and sell till I come.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said to them, Occupy till I come.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	And he sent for ten of his servants and gave them ten pounds and said to them, Do business with this till I come.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Luke Chapter 19, Verse 13
Cebuano	Ug iyang gipatawag ngadto kaniya ang napulo sa iyang mga ulipon, ug sila iyang gihatagan ug napulo ka mina ug giingnan niya, `Ipatigayon ninyo kini hangtud sa akong pagpauli.`
Chinese	便叫了他的十個僕人來、交給他們十錠銀子、〔錠原文作彌拿一彌拿約銀十兩〕說、你們去作生意、直等我回來。
Croatian	Dozva svojih deset slugu, dade im deset mna i reèe: 'Trgujte dok ne doðem.'
Danish	Men han kaldte ti af sine Tjenere og gav dem ti Pund og sagde til dem: Købslår dermed, indtil jeg kommer.
Dutch	En geroepen hebbende zijn tien dienstknechten, gaf hij hun tien ponden, en zeide tot hen: Doet handeling, totdat ik kome.
Finnish	Ja hän kutsui luoksensa kymmenen palvelijaansa, antoi heille kymmenen leiviskää ja sanoi heille: `Asioikaa näillä, kunnes minä tulen`.
French	Il appela dix de ses serviteurs, leur donna dix mines, et leur dit: Faites-les valoir jusqu`à ce que je revienne.
German	Dieser forderte zehn seiner Knechte und gab ihnen zehn Pfund und sprach zu ihnen: Handelt, bis daß ich wiederkomme!
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Sebelum berangkat, ia memanggil sepuluh orang pelayannya, lalu memberi kepada mereka masing-masing sekeping uang emas. 'Berdaganglah dengan uang ini sementara saya pergi,' katanya kepada mereka.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Maka dipanggilnya sepuluh orang hambanya, lalu diberinya kepada mereka itu sepuluh kati perak, serta berkata kepadanya: Berniagalah kamu sehingga aku pulang.
Maori	Kotahi tekau ana pononga i karangatia e ia, kotahi tekau nga pauna i hoatu e ia ki a ratou, ka mea ki a ratou, Mahia enei, kia hoki mai ra ano ahau.
Norwegian	Han kalte da ti av sine tjenere for sig, og gav dem ti pund og sa: Kjøpslå med dem til jeg kommer igjen.
Portuguese	E chamando dez servos seus, deu-lhes dez minas, e disse-lhes: Negociai até que eu venha.
Russian	РТЙЪЧБЧ ЦЕ ДЕУСФШ ТБВПЧ УЧПЙИ, ДБМ ЙН ДЕУСФШ НЙО Й УЛБЪБМ ЙН: ХРПФТЕВМСКФЕ ЙИ Ч ПВПТПФ, РПЛБ С ЧПЪЧТБЭХУШ.
Shuar	Tura wétsuk ni takarniurin tias armia nuna untsukarmai. Tura ankant ankant kuit kurijiai nankaamas pénker armia nuna Suíniak "Ju kuitjai wi Táatsain Takakmá ajatarum" timiai.'
Swahili	Basi, kabla ya kuondoka aliwaita watumishi wake kumi, akawapa kiasi cha fedha kila mmoja na kumwambia: `Fanyeni nazo biashara mpaka nitakaporudi.`
Swedish	Och han kallade till sig tio sin tjänare och gav dem tio pund och sade till dem: 'Förvalten dessa, till dess jag kommer tillbaka.'
Uma	Jadi', kako'ia-na me'ongko', mpokio' -i hampulu' pahawaa' -na pai' nawai' -ra hore-hore hampepa' doi bulawa. Na'uli' maradika toei: `Mobabalu' -koi hante doi to kuwai' -kokoi tetu lingku' -ku hilou.'
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Derivations
	Words beginning with "occupy": occupying. (additional references)
	Words ending with "occupy": preoccupy, reoccupy. (additional references)
	Words containing "occupy": preoccupying, reoccupying. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Occupy" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: accepy, eccup, occu, occupa, occupie, occupien, ocopy, ocu, ocupyd, oscopic, Uchupi. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "occupy" (pronounced Ä"kyupī')
6	Ä" k y u p ī'	preoccupy.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-c-o-p-u-y"
	-1 letter: coypu.
	-2 letters: copy, coup.
	-3 letters: cop, coy, cup, upo, you, yup.
	-4 letters: op, oy, up, yo.
	Words containing the letters "c-c-o-p-u-y"
	+2 letters: reoccupy.
	+3 letters: occupancy, occupying, preoccupy.
	+4 letters: corpulency, plutocracy.
	+5 letters: capaciously, conspicuity, reoccupying.
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