Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Engaged; in use; being used by a person and not free for use by someone else. Opposite of
free ,available , andunoccupied . - adjective Inhabited, lived-in, tenanted; having residents; -- of dwelling units.
- adjective Overrun, taken over; -- of countries or territories. Opposite of
unoccupied . - adjective Busy; actively or fully engaged in some activity; -- of people. Opposite of
idle .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
reserved ,engaged - adjective
busy ,unavailable - adjective subjugated, under the control of a foreign military presence
- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
occupy .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective seized and controlled as by military invasion
- adjective resided in; having tenants
- adjective having ones attention or mind or energy engaged
- adjective held or filled or in use
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Examples
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NEAL: That picture below with General Patton in the center was taken in occupied Berlin and the -- the flag is flying up over the U. S.-occupied zone.
Harry & Ike: The Partnership That Remade the Postwar World 2002
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I'd like to see the phrase "occupied territories" as the term used to describe the collective group of local occupy communities, locales -- whether they include hundreds or thousands of inhabitants sleeping there or dedicated people who come back each day because the occupying police forces sweep their territories every day.
Rob Kall: The "Occupied Territories": A Meme of Power to Describe All the OWS Locales Rob Kall 2011
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I'd like to see the phrase "occupied territories" as the term used to describe the collective group of local occupy communities, locales -- whether they include hundreds or thousands of inhabitants sleeping there or dedicated people who come back each day because the occupying police forces sweep their territories every day.
Rob Kall: The "Occupied Territories": A Meme of Power to Describe All the OWS Locales Rob Kall 2011
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I'd like to see the phrase "occupied territories" as the term used to describe the collective group of local occupy communities, locales -- whether they include hundreds or thousands of inhabitants sleeping there or dedicated people who come back each day because the occupying police forces sweep their territories every day.
Rob Kall: The "Occupied Territories": A Meme of Power to Describe All the OWS Locales Rob Kall 2011
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I'd like to see the phrase "occupied territories" as the term used to describe the collective group of local occupy communities, locales -- whether they include hundreds or thousands of inhabitants sleeping there or dedicated people who come back each day because the occupying police forces sweep their territories every day.
Rob Kall: The "Occupied Territories": A Meme of Power to Describe All the OWS Locales Rob Kall 2011
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I'd like to see the phrase "occupied territories" as the term used to describe the collective group of local occupy communities, locales -- whether they include hundreds or thousands of inhabitants sleeping there or dedicated people who come back each day because the occupying police forces sweep their territories every day.
Rob Kall: The "Occupied Territories": A Meme of Power to Describe All the OWS Locales Rob Kall 2011
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I'd like to see the phrase "occupied territories" as the term used to describe the collective group of local occupy communities, locales -- whether they include hundreds or thousands of inhabitants sleeping there or dedicated people who come back each day because the occupying police forces sweep their territories every day.
Rob Kall: The "Occupied Territories": A Meme of Power to Describe All the OWS Locales Rob Kall 2011
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We hear the term occupied territories when in fact they are lands that were part of Israel, s first lands, later taken in war by the ARABS and regained in 1967 after being threatened with invasion yet again.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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It would help me if you could explicate your version of history: "We hear the term occupied territories when in fact they are lands that were part of Israel, s first lands, later taken in war by the ARABS and regained in 1967 after being threatened with invasion yet again ..."
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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But in January 1861, a very different use of the term occupied the mind of Abraham
NYT > Home Page By TOM CHAFFIN 2011
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