occupied
reserved; engaged.
Example
“The stall on the left is occupied.”
Other meanings
busy; unavailable.
“She is occupied at the moment.”
Subjugated; under the control of a foreign (usually military) presence.
“My father travelled to occupied Japan in December 1945.”
Synonyms
- engaged
Related words
- multioccupied
- overoccupied
- underoccupied
- unoccupied
- keep someone occupied
- human-occupied vehicle
Example sentences
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “occupied” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.