occupy

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• Received-Pronunciation: ŏʹ-kyo͝o-pī
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɒkjʊpaɪ/
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• Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• General-American: /ˈɑkjəpaɪ/
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• CMU ARPABET: AA1 K Y AH0 P AY2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English occupien, occupyen, borrowed from Old French occuper, from Latin occupāre (“to take possession of, seize, occupy, take up, employ”), from ob (“to, on”) + capiō (“to take”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“to seize, grab”). Doublet of occupate, now obsolete.

148 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: զբաղեցնել (zbaġecʻnel) — to fill (time)
• Bulgarian: заемам (zaemam) — to fill (time)
• Finnish: viedä — to fill (time)
• French: occuper — to fill (time)
• Italian: occupare — to fill (time)
• Māori: whakatāuteute — to fill (time)
• Portuguese: ocupar — to fill (time)
• Russian: занима́ть (zanimátʹ) — to fill (time)
• Russian: заня́ть (zanjátʹ) — to fill (time)
• Ukrainian: займа́ти (zajmáty) — to fill (time)
• Ukrainian: зайня́ти (zajnjáty) — to fill (time)
• Armenian: զբաղեցնել (zbaġecʻnel) — to fill (space)
• Bulgarian: заемам (zaemam) — to fill (space)
• Finnish: olla alueella (jollakin) — to fill (space)
• French: occuper — to fill (space)
• Italian: occupare — to fill (space)
• Māori: whakakapi — to fill (space)
• Māori: wheta — to fill (space)
• Portuguese: ocupar — to fill (space)
• Russian: занима́ть (zanimátʹ) — to fill (space)
• Russian: заня́ть (zanjátʹ) — to fill (space)
• Tày: bống — to fill (space)
• Ottoman Turkish: طوتمق (tutmak) — to fill (space)
• Ukrainian: займа́ти (zajmáty) — to fill (space)
• Ukrainian: зайня́ти (zajnjáty) — to fill (space)
• Armenian: զբաղեցնել (zbaġecʻnel) — time or space
• Chinese Mandarin: 花費 /花费 (huāfèi) — time or space
• Chinese Mandarin: 佔 /占 (zhàn) — time or space
• Czech: obsadit — time or space
• Finnish: varata — time or space
• French: occuper — time or space
• German: in Anspruch nehmen — time or space
• German: belegen — time or space
• Haitian Creole: okipe — time or space
• Italian: occupare — time or space
• Portuguese: ocupar — time or space
• Russian: занима́ть (zanimátʹ) — time or space
• Russian: заня́ть (zanjátʹ) — time or space
• Spanish: ocupar — time or space
• Swedish: uppta — time or space
• Swedish: ta upp — time or space
• Ukrainian: забира́ти (zabyráty) — time or space
• Ukrainian: забра́ти (zabráty) — time or space
• Ukrainian: займа́ти (zajmáty) — time or space
• Ukrainian: зайня́ти (zajnjáty) — time or space
• Armenian: զբաղեցնել (zbaġecʻnel) — reside in
• Bulgarian: обитавам (obitavam) — reside in
• Catalan: ocupar — reside in
• Chinese Mandarin: 居住 (jūzhù) — reside in
• Finnish: asuttaa — reside in
• French: occuper — reside in
• French: habiter — reside in
• German: bewohnen — reside in
• Irish: áitigh — reside in
• Italian: occupare — reside in
• Māori: wheta — reside in
• Norman: otchuper — reside in
• Old English: būan — reside in
• Old English: weardian — reside in
• Portuguese: ocupar — reside in
• Russian: занима́ть (zanimátʹ) — reside in
• Russian: заня́ть (zanjátʹ) — reside in
• Spanish: ocupar — reside in
• Swedish: bo i — reside in
• Swedish: bebo — reside in
• Ukrainian: займа́ти (zajmáty) — reside in
• Ukrainian: зайня́ти (zajnjáty) — reside in
• Arabic: اِحْتَلَّ (iḥtalla) — have (taken) control of
• Armenian: գրավել (gravel) — have (taken) control of
• Azerbaijani: işğal etmək — have (taken) control of
• Belarusian: акупава́ць (akupavácʹ) — have (taken) control of
• Belarusian: займа́ць (zajmácʹ) — have (taken) control of
• Belarusian: заня́ць (zanjácʹ) — have (taken) control of
• Bulgarian: окупи́рам (okupíram) — have (taken) control of
• Catalan: ocupar — have (taken) control of
• Chinese Mandarin: 佔據 /占据 (zhànjù) — have (taken) control of
• Czech: obsadit — have (taken) control of
• Danish: besætte — have (taken) control of
• Dutch: bezetten — have (taken) control of
• Esperanto: okupi — have (taken) control of
• Finnish: vallata — have (taken) control of
• Finnish: miehittää — have (taken) control of
• French: occuper — have (taken) control of
• German: besetzen — have (taken) control of
• German: okkupieren — have (taken) control of
• Hebrew: הִתְנַחֵל (hitnaẖél) — have (taken) control of
• Hungarian: elfoglal — have (taken) control of
• Icelandic: hernema — have (taken) control of
• Japanese: 占める (shimeru) — have (taken) control of
• Māori: wheta — have (taken) control of
• Māori: nohowheta — have (taken) control of
• Norman: otchuper — have (taken) control of
• Norwegian: besette — have (taken) control of
• Polish: okupować — have (taken) control of
• Portuguese: ocupar — have (taken) control of
• Russian: оккупи́ровать (okkupírovatʹ) — have (taken) control of
• Russian: занима́ть (zanimátʹ) — have (taken) control of
• Russian: заня́ть (zanjátʹ) — have (taken) control of
• Russian: завладева́ть (zavladevátʹ) — have (taken) control of
• Russian: завладе́ть (zavladétʹ) — have (taken) control of
• Spanish: ocupar — have (taken) control of
• Swedish: ockupera — have (taken) control of
• Swedish: besätta — have (taken) control of
• Telugu: ఆక్రమించు (ākramiñcu) — have (taken) control of
• Thai: ยึดครอง (yʉ́t-krɔɔng) — have (taken) control of
• Ukrainian: окупува́ти (okupuváty) — have (taken) control of
• Ukrainian: займа́ти (zajmáty) — have (taken) control of
• Ukrainian: зайня́ти (zajnjáty) — have (taken) control of
• Zazaki: zebt kerden — have (taken) control of
• Armenian: զբաղեցնել (zbaġecʻnel) — to use the time or capacity of
• Finnish: pitää kiireisenä — to use the time or capacity of
• French: occuper — to use the time or capacity of
• Russian: занима́ть (zanimátʹ) — to use the time or capacity of
• Russian: заня́ть (zanjátʹ) — to use the time or capacity of
• Ukrainian: займа́ти (zajmáty) — to use the time or capacity of
• Ukrainian: зайня́ти (zajnjáty) — to use the time or capacity of
• Armenian: զբաղեցնել (zbaġecʻnel) — hold a position
• Bulgarian: заемам (zaemam) — hold a position
• Catalan: ocupar — hold a position
• Chinese Mandarin: 據有 /据有 (jùyǒu) — hold a position
• Finnish: toimia — hold a position
• French: occuper — hold a position
• German: besetzen — hold a position
• Haitian Creole: okipe — hold a position
• Japanese: 占める (shimeru) — hold a position
• Latin: teneo — hold a position
• Latin: possideo — hold a position
• Māori: whakakapi — hold a position
• Norman: otchuper — hold a position
• Old English: weardian — hold a position
• Portuguese: ocupar — hold a position
• Russian: занима́ть (zanimátʹ) — hold a position
• Russian: заня́ть (zanjátʹ) — hold a position
• Spanish: ocupar — hold a position
• Swedish: inneha — hold a position
• Ukrainian: займа́ти (zajmáty) — hold a position
• Ukrainian: зайня́ти (zajnjáty) — hold a position
• Armenian: զբաղեցնել (zbaġecʻnel) — hold attention of
• Bulgarian: завладявам (zavladjavam) — hold attention of
• Finnish: vangita huomio — hold attention of
• French: occuper — hold attention of
• Latin: teneo — hold attention of
• Norman: otchuper — hold attention of
• Portuguese: ocupar — hold attention of
• Russian: занима́ть (zanimátʹ) — hold attention of
• Russian: заня́ть (zanjátʹ) — hold attention of
• Ukrainian: займа́ти (zajmáty) — hold attention of
• Ukrainian: зайня́ти (zajnjáty) — hold attention of