Word

occupy, v.
(occupied, occupies, occupying)
freq. cnt. 24

keep busy with
<verb.social> freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 1

busy occupy

sample sentences

"She busies herself with her butterfly collection"

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

occupation

semantic pointers

hypernym

work

hyponym

potter, putter dabble, smatter, play around

live (in a certain place)
<verb.stative> freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 1

lodge in occupy reside

sample sentences

"She resides in Princeton"
"he occupies two rooms on the top floor"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

occupation occupancy occupier occupant

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

resident residence residency resident

semantic pointers

hyponym

move in stay at squat crash

hypernym

live, populate, dwell, inhabit

occupy the whole of
<verb.stative> freq. cnt.: 11 freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 3

fill occupy

sample sentences

"The liquid fills the container"

verb frames

Something ----s something
The books %s the box

verb frames

Something ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

occupation

semantic pointers

hypernym

hyponym

crowd take up

march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation
<verb.competition> freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 2

invade occupy

sample sentences

"Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

invasive invasion invader

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

occupation occupier

semantic pointers

hypernym

attack, assail

hyponym

overrun, infest

be on the mind of
<verb.stative> freq. cnt.: 26 freq. cnt.: 22 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

concern interest occupy worry

sample sentences

"I worry about the second Germanic consonant shift"

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
The bad news will %s him

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
The bad news will %s him

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
The bad news will %s him

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
The bad news will %s him

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

concern concern

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

interest

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

occupation

consume all of one's attention or time
<verb.cognition> freq. cnt.: 10 freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 1

absorb engage engross occupy

sample sentences

"Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely"

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
They %s themselves
The performance is likely to %s Sue

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
They %s themselves

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
The performance is likely to %s Sue

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
The performance is likely to %s Sue

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

occupation occupation

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

absorption

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

engrossment engrossment engrossment

semantic pointers

hypernym

interest

hyponym

involve consume rivet

require (time or space)
<verb.possession> freq. cnt.: 75 freq. cnt.: 74 freq. cnt.: 1

occupy take use up

sample sentences

"It took three hours to get to work this morning"
"This event occupied a very short time"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
They %s a long time

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

occupation

semantic pointers

verb group

use up, exhaust, eat up, run through, wipe out, consume, eat, deplete

hypernym

use, expend

hyponym

assume, as of positions or roles
<verb.social> freq. cnt.: 27 freq. cnt.: 22 freq. cnt.: 5

fill occupy take

sample sentences

"She took the job as director of development"
"he occupies the position of manager"
"the young prince will soon occupy the throne"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

semantic pointers

verb group

take, assume, take up, strike

hypernym

work, do work