occupy
verb IELTS
- English meaning
- To live in or use a place, or to fill time or space.
- Example
Most of the land is occupied by farms.
- Common collocations
- occupy a space; occupied by; occupy time
- Word family
- occupation, occupant, occupancy
- Academic Word List · Sublist 4
Translation
- 한국어차지하다, 점유하다
- 中文占据，占用
- 日本語占める
- ไทยครอบครอง ใช้พื้นที่
- Bahasa Indonesiamenempati
- Tiếng Việtchiếm
- Русскийзанимать
- हिन्दीकब्ज़ा करना, घेरना
Entries marked AWL come from the Academic Word List (Coxhead, 2000), a widely used list of words that appear often in university texts. Definitions, examples and translations are written by AUSLEX.
Meanings and translations are AUSLEX editorial drafts. Usage can vary by region, age and situation.