1. Live (in a certain place)
   "he occupies two rooms on the top floor";
   - reside, lodge in
    
2. Keep busy with
   "She occupies herself with her butterfly collection";
   - busy
    
3. Take up all the available space
   "The liquid occupies the container";
   - fill
    
4. Be on the mind of
   "The upcoming exam occupied all the students";
   - concern, interest, worry
    
5. Consume all of one's attention or time
   "Her interest in butterflies occupies her completely";
   - absorb, engross, engage
    
6. Require (time or space)
   "This event occupied a very short time";
   - take, use up
    
7. Assume, as of positions or roles
   "he occupies the position of manager"; "the young prince will soon occupy the throne";
   - fill, take
    
8. March aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation
   "Hitler occupied Poland on September 1, 1939";
   - invade

Derived forms: occupies, occupied, occupying

See also: accommodate

Type of: ask, assail, attack, be, call for, cerebrate, cogitate, demand, dwell, inhabit, interest, involve, live, necessitate, need, populate, postulate, require, take, think, work

Encyclopedia: Occupy