Definitions for occupy

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occupy oc·cu·py

Spelling: [ok-yuh-pahy]

IPA: /ˈɒk yəˌpaɪ/

Occupy is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 45 anagrams from letters in occupy (ccopuy).

Definitions for occupy

adjective

1. (usually initial capital letter) of or relating to a protest about a social or political issue, as in Occupy movement; Occupy protest; Occupy candidate:

verb (used with object)

1. to take or fill up (space, time, etc.):
2. to engage or employ the mind, energy, or attention of:
3. to be a resident or tenant of; dwell in:
4. to hold (a position, office, etc.).
5. to take possession and control of (a place), as by military invasion.
6. (usually initial capital letter) to participate in a protest about (a social or political issue), as by taking possession or control of buildings or public places that are symbolic of the issue:

verb (used without object)

1. to take or hold possession.
2. (usually initial capital letter) to participate in a protest about a social or political issue.

Origin of occupy

1300-50; Middle English occupien Middle French occuper Latin occupāre to seize, take hold, take up, make one's own, equivalent to oc- oc- + -cup-, combining form of cap

Examples for occupy

Check out this Android app designed by Code4HK for the coordination of occupy Central!

I had many things to occupy my mind, besides my regular tasks.

The opposition responded with a month-long occupy Abay (like occupy Wall St) campaign, in which Udaltsov was one of key figures.

If this were not so, we should not occupy our present position in the world.

That tweet came from Shay Horse, whose bio lists him as an independent photojournalist with ties to occupy Wall Street.

Personally, he says, he feels  "more than ready" to occupy one the country's leading positions.

So brief a time did all this occupy that Maulo, looking back, saw them.

Are you referring to Edward Snowden and the occupy Movement, respectively?

He decided, too, that he could think better with something mechanical to occupy his hands.

He tried to recall some forgotten detail of the business that might serve to occupy him.