occupy
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
- dashed outline: no word in this language
- Click any word to expand it.
Senses
Sense 1 verb
keep busy with
She busies herself with her butterfly collection
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- occupation derivation
Sense 2 verb
live (in a certain place)
She resides in Princeton
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 3 verb
occupy the whole of
The liquid fills the container
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- occupation derivation
Sense 4 verb
be on the mind of
I worry about the second Germanic consonant shift
Related & opposite
- occupation derivation
- interest derivation
- worry derivation
- concern derivation
Sense 5 verb
march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation
Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- invasion derivation
- military control derivation
- invader derivation
- occupier derivation
- incursive derivation
Sense 6 verb
require (time or space)
It took three hours to get to work this morning
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- occupation derivation
- wipe out verb group
Sense 7 verb
consume all of one's attention or time
Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- occupation derivation
- occupation derivation
- intentness derivation
- preoccupancy derivation
- engrossment derivation
Sense 8 verb
assume, as of positions or roles
She took the job as director of development
Types & categories
- do work hypernym
Related & opposite
- assume verb group
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | occupation |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | work |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | putter |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | smatter |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | moving in |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | residency |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | occupancy |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | resident |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | resident |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | populate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | move in |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | stay at |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | squat |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | crash |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | occupation |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | be |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | crowd |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | take up |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | occupation |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | interest |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | worry |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | concern |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | invasion |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | military control |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | invader |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | occupier |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | incursive |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | attack |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | overrun |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | occupation |
| 6 | verb group | Related & opposite | wipe out |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | expend |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | be |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | occupation |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | occupation |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | intentness |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | preoccupancy |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | engrossment |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | interest |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | involve |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | consume |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | rivet |
| 8 | verb group | Related & opposite | assume |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | do work |