Associations to the word «Occupied»

Wiktionary

OCCUPIED, adjective. Reserved, engaged.
OCCUPIED, adjective. Busy, unavailable.
OCCUPIED, adjective. Subjugated, under the control of a foreign military presence.
OCCUPIED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of occupy

Dictionary definition

OCCUPIED, adjective. Held or filled or in use; "she keeps her time well occupied"; "the wc is occupied".
OCCUPIED, adjective. Seized and controlled as by military invasion; "the occupied countries of Europe".
OCCUPIED, adjective. Resided in; having tenants; "not all the occupied (or tenanted) apartments were well kept up".
OCCUPIED, adjective. Having ones attention or mind or energy engaged; "she keeps herself fully occupied with volunteer activities"; "deeply engaged in conversation".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats