OCCUPYING
- OCCUPY, to reside in, also OCCUPATE [v]
- OCCUPY, to engage the attention or energies of [v]
- Reside or have one's place of business in (a building)
- Fill or take up (a space or time)
- Be situated in or at (a place or position in a system or hierarchy)
- Hold (a position or job)
- Fill or preoccupy (the mind or thoughts)
- Keep (someone) busy and active
- Take control of (a place, esp. a country) by military conquest or settlement
- Enter, take control of, and stay in (a building) illegally and often forcibly, esp. as a form of protest