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| Main Entry: |
occupying
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | filling a place |
| Synonyms: | assigned to, commanding, controlling, covering, holding, living in, maintaining, obtaining, owning, permeating, pervading, placed, possessing, posted, remaining, residing, resting, settled on, sitting, situated, staying, taking up, tenanting |
| Antonyms: | gone, leaving, removing |
| Main Entry: | occupy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be busy with |
| Synonyms: | absorb, amuse, attend, be active with, be concerned with, busy, divert, employ, engage, engross, entertain, fill, hold attention, immerse, interest, involve, keep busy, monopolize, preoccupy, soak, take up, tie up, utilize |
| Antonyms: | be inactive, be lazy, idle |
| Main Entry: | occupy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reside; use |
| Synonyms: | be established, be in command, be in residence, cover, dwell, ensconce, establish, fill, hold, inhabit, involve, keep, live in, maintain, own, people, permeate, pervade, populate, possess, remain, sit, stay, take up, tenant, utilize |
| Antonyms: | not use |
| Main Entry: | occupy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | seize, take over |
| Synonyms: | capture, conquer, garrison, hold, invade, keep, obtain, overrun, take possession |
| Antonyms: | surrender, yield |
| Main Entry: | employment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | working for a living; |
| Synonyms: | assignment, avocation, awarding, business, calling, carrying, commissioning, contracting, craft, employ, engagement in activity application, engaging, enlistment, enrollment, exercise, exercising, exertion, field, function, game*, hire, hiring, job, line, mission, métier, number, occupation, occupying, office, position, post, profession, pursuit, racket, recruitment, retaining, service, servicing, setup, signing on, situation, taking on, thing*, trade, using, vocation, what one is into, work |
| Antonyms: | idleness, inactivity, unemployment |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | located |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | situated |
| Synonyms: | based, occupying, placed, positioned, posted, stationed |
| Main Entry: | situated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | located |
| Synonyms: | established, fixed, occupying, parked, placed, planted, positioned, set, settled, stationed |
| Main Entry: | based |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | located |
| Synonyms: | established, occupying, placed, planted, positioned, situated, stationed |
| Main Entry: | placed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | established |
| Synonyms: | allocated, allotted, arranged, based, deposited, fixed, implanted, installed, located, lodged, occupying, planted, positioned, quartered, rated, set, settled, situated, stationed, stored, stowed |
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