occupied

«occupied» in Mova's judaism dictionary: Being used by someone, not free (the toilet is occupied… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (past of «occupy»: occupy, occupies, occupied, occupying); adjective (occupied)

meaning for a pupil

1) (adjective) Being used by someone, not free (the toilet is occupied, an occupied seat). tree →

2) (adjective) Busy, or having your mind or time filled with something. tree →

3) Lived in (an occupied house). tree →

4) Taken and controlled by an army or a group. tree →

5) Filled a space or an amount of time. tree →

sense in the lessons

Seen on toilet doors and seats (occupied / vacant), in maths (occupied seats vs empty seats), history (occupied countries) and everyday life (kept the children occupied). Phrases: «keep someone occupied», «occupied with», «occupied by».

examples

• These were the potters, and those that dwelt among plantations and hedges; there they dwelt occupied in the king's work. (Writings 1CH.4.23, JPS 1917) tree →
• Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to be occupied in deeds of wickedness with men that work iniquity; and let me not eat of their dainties. (Writings PSA.141.4, JPS 1917) tree →
• The toilet is occupied, please wait. tree →
• 45 of the 60 seats are occupied. tree →
• The puzzle kept the kids occupied for an hour. tree →
• She is occupied with her homework. tree →
• The house has been occupied by the same family for a long time. tree →
• The town was occupied by soldiers in the war. tree →
• Toys occupied every shelf in his room. tree →
• However, he stayed there and occupied himself as best he could. tree →

note

Opposite: vacant, free, empty. Spelling: double «c», single «p». In maths: occupied + empty = total (45 occupied seats out of 60 means 60 − 45 = 15 empty seats).

In the corpora

• These were the potters, and those that dwelt among plantations and hedges; there they dwelt occupied in the king's work.
• Japan occupied Manchuria in 1931 and began full war on China in 1937; millions of Chinese died before Japan's defeat in 1945.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «occupied» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.