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1. Keep busy with
   - busy
    
2. Live (in a certain place)
   "he occupies two rooms on the top floor"
   - reside, lodge in
    
3. Occupy the whole of
   - fill
    
4. Be on the mind of
   - concern, interest, worry
    
5. March aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation
   - invade
    
6. Require (time or space)
   "This event occupied a very short time"
   - take, use up
    
7. Consume all of one's attention or time
   - absorb, engross, engage
    
8. Assume, as of positions or roles
   "he occupies the position of manager"; "the young prince will soon occupy the throne"
   - fill, take

Derived forms: occupying, occupies, occupied

See also: occupancy, occupation, occupier

Type of: assail, attack, be, do work, dwell, expend, inhabit, interest, live, populate, use, work