"occupy" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈɒkjʊpaɪ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɑkjəpaɪ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-occupy.wav [Southern-England] Forms: occupies [present, singular, third-person], occupying [participle, present], occupied [participle, past], occupied [past], no-table-tags [table-tags], occupy [infinitive]
enPR: ŏʹ-kyo͝o-pī Etymology: 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 *keh₂p- (“to seize, grab”). Doublet of occupate, now obsolete. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*keh₂p-}} [Template:root], {{inh|en|enm|occupien}} Middle English occupien, {{m|enm|occupyen}} occupyen, {{der|en|fro|occuper}} Old French occuper, {{der|en|la|occupō|occupāre|t=to take possession of, seize, occupy, take up, employ}} Latin occupāre (“to take possession of, seize, occupy, take up, employ”), {{m|la|ob||to, on}} ob (“to, on”), {{m|la|capiō||to take}} capiō (“to take”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*keh₂p-||to seize, grab}} Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (“to seize, grab”), {{doublet|en|occupate}} Doublet of occupate Head templates: {{en-verb}} occupy (third-person singular simple present occupies, present participle occupying, simple past and past participle occupied) Inflection templates: {{en-conj-simple|past=occupied|pres_2sg_old=occupiest|pres_3sg=occupies|pres_3sg_old=occupieth}}
  1. (transitive, of time) To take or use.
    To fill.
    Tags: of time, transitive Translations (to fill (time)): զբաղեցնել (zbaġecʿnel) (Armenian), заемам (zaemam) (Bulgarian), viedä (Finnish), occuper (French), occupare (Italian), ocupar (Portuguese), занима́ть (zanimátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), заня́ть (zanjátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), займа́ти (zajmáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), зайня́ти (zajnjáty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-occupy-en-verb-915NEBoe Disambiguation of 'to fill (time)': 42 12 17 1 21 1 1 1 1 2 1
  2. (transitive, of time) To take or use.
    To possess or use the time or capacity of; to engage the service of.
    Tags: of time, transitive Synonyms (to possess or use the time or capacity of): employ, busy Translations (time or space): զբաղեցնել (zbaġecʿnel) (Armenian), 花費 (Chinese Mandarin), 花费 (huāfèi) [money, finance, business, time] (Chinese Mandarin), (Chinese Mandarin), (zhàn) (english: space) (Chinese Mandarin), obsadit (Czech), varata (Finnish), occuper (French), in Anspruch nehmen (German), belegen (German), okipe (Haitian Creole), occupare (Italian), ocupar (Portuguese), занима́ть (zanimátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), заня́ть (zanjátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), ocupar (Spanish), uppta (Swedish), ta upp (Swedish), забира́ти (zabyráty) (Ukrainian), забра́ти (zabráty) (Ukrainian), займа́ти (zajmáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), зайня́ти (zajnjáty) [perfective] (Ukrainian) Translations (to use the time or capacity of): զբաղեցնել (zbaġecʿnel) (Armenian), pitää kiireisenä (note: more common to use a causative structure, like "keep someone doing") (Finnish), occuper (French), занима́ть (zanimátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), заня́ть (zanjátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), займа́ти (zajmáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), зайня́ти (zajnjáty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-occupy-en-verb-en:keep_busy Disambiguation of 'to possess or use the time or capacity of': 9 40 9 9 6 6 6 6 0 1 9 Disambiguation of 'time or space': 1 48 1 1 14 12 12 12 0 0 0 Disambiguation of 'to use the time or capacity of': 10 28 10 10 7 7 7 7 0 1 13
  3. (transitive, of time) To take or use.
    To fill or hold (an official position or role).
    Tags: of time, transitive Translations (hold a position): զբաղեցնել (zbaġecʿnel) (Armenian), заемам (zaemam) (Bulgarian), ocupar (Catalan), 據有 (Chinese Mandarin), 据有 (jùyǒu) (Chinese Mandarin), toimia (Finnish), occuper (French), besetzen (German), okipe (Haitian Creole), 占める (shimeru) (alt: しめる) (Japanese), teneo (Latin), possideo (Latin), otchuper (Norman), weardian (Old English), ocupar (Portuguese), занима́ть (zanimátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), заня́ть (zanjátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), ocupar (Spanish), inneha (Swedish), займа́ти (zajmáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), зайня́ти (zajnjáty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-occupy-en-verb-joo5wPTY Disambiguation of 'hold a position': 0 11 60 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  4. (transitive, of time) To take or use.
    To hold the attention of.
    Tags: of time, transitive Translations (hold attention of): զբաղեցնել (zbaġecʿnel) (Armenian), завладявам (zavladjavam) (Bulgarian), vangita huomio (Finnish), occuper (French), teneo (Latin), otchuper (Norman), ocupar (Portuguese), занима́ть (zanimátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), заня́ть (zanjátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), займа́ти (zajmáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), зайня́ти (zajnjáty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-occupy-en-verb--JgjVzNz Disambiguation of 'hold attention of': 3 5 12 61 2 2 8 2 1 0 3
  5. (transitive) To take or use space.
    To fill space.
    Tags: transitive Translations (to fill (space)): զբաղեցնել (zbaġecʿnel) (Armenian), заемам (zaemam) (Bulgarian), olla alueella (jollakin) (Finnish), occuper (French), occupare (Italian), whakakapi (Maori), wheta (Maori), طوتمق (tutmak) (Ottoman Turkish), ocupar (Portuguese), занима́ть (zanimátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), заня́ть (zanjátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), займа́ти (zajmáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), зайня́ти (zajnjáty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-occupy-en-verb--DKrtBYT Disambiguation of 'to fill (space)': 30 1 12 1 47 2 2 2 1 1 1
  6. (transitive) To take or use space.
    To live or reside in.
    Tags: transitive Translations (reside in): զբաղեցնել (zbaġecʿnel) (Armenian), обитавам (obitavam) (Bulgarian), ocupar (Catalan), 居住 (jūzhù) (Chinese Mandarin), asuttaa (Finnish), occuper (French), habiter (French), bewohnen (German), áitigh (Irish), occupare (Italian), wheta (Maori), otchuper (Norman), būan (Old English), weardian (Old English), ocupar (Portuguese), занима́ть (zanimátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), заня́ть (zanjátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), ocupar (Spanish), bo i (Swedish), bebo (Swedish), займа́ти (zajmáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), зайня́ти (zajnjáty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-occupy-en-verb-uc7sf16O Disambiguation of 'reside in': 2 2 2 2 1 71 1 1 1 15 2
  7. (transitive) To take or use space.
    (military) To have, or to have taken, possession or control of (a territory).
    Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Military Translations (have (taken) control of): اِحْتَلَّ (iḥtalla) (Arabic), գրավել (gravel) (Armenian), işğal etmək (Azerbaijani), акупава́ць (akupavácʹ) (Belarusian), займа́ць (zajmácʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), заня́ць (zanjácʹ) [perfective] (Belarusian), окупи́рам (okupíram) [imperfective, perfective] (Bulgarian), ocupar (Catalan), 佔據 (Chinese Mandarin), 占据 (zhànjù) (Chinese Mandarin), obsadit (Czech), besætte (Danish), bezetten (Dutch), okupi (Esperanto), vallata (Finnish), miehittää (Finnish), occuper (French), besetzen (German), okkupieren (German), elfoglal (Hungarian), hernema (Icelandic), 占める (shimeru) (alt: しめる) (Japanese), wheta (Maori), otchuper (Norman), besette (Norwegian), okupować [imperfective] (Polish), ocupar (Portuguese), оккупи́ровать (okkupírovatʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Russian), занима́ть (zanimátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), заня́ть (zanjátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), завладева́ть (zavladevátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), завладе́ть (zavladétʹ) [perfective] (Russian), ocupar (Spanish), ockupera (Swedish), besätta (Swedish), ఆక్రమించు (ākramiñcu) (Telugu), окупува́ти (okupuváty) (Ukrainian), займа́ти (zajmáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), зайня́ти (zajnjáty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), zebt kerden (Zazaki)
    Sense id: en-occupy-en-verb-UFZ-jABR Topics: government, military, politics, war Disambiguation of 'have (taken) control of': 8 8 8 8 6 6 40 6 2 5 3
  8. (transitive) To take or use space.
    (surveying) To place the theodolite or total station at (a point).
    Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Surveying
    Sense id: en-occupy-en-verb-tu8lj~vk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 5 3 3 4 2 6 26 20 4 23 Topics: geography, natural-sciences, surveying
  9. (transitive, obsolete) To have sexual intercourse with. Tags: obsolete, transitive Synonyms (to have sexual intercourse with): coitize
    Sense id: en-occupy-en-verb-aWGy42ws Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 5 3 3 4 2 6 26 20 4 23 Disambiguation of 'to have sexual intercourse with': 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 92 1 1
  10. (obsolete) To do business in; to busy oneself with. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-occupy-en-verb-jGESuf2Z
  11. (obsolete) To use; to expend; to make use of. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-occupy-en-verb-1xlYnSHk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 5 3 3 4 2 6 26 20 4 23
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: go to bed with, sleep with, copulate with Derived forms: deoccupy, occupier, occupy oneself Related terms: occupant, occupation

Inflected forms

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        "present",
        "singular",
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      "form": "occupying",
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      ]
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The film occupied three hours of my time.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "To take or use.",
        "To fill."
      ],
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        "(transitive, of time) To take or use.",
        "To fill."
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "42 12 17 1 21 1 1 1 1 2 1",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "zbaġecʿnel",
          "sense": "to fill (time)",
          "word": "զբաղեցնել"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 12 17 1 21 1 1 1 1 2 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "zaemam",
          "sense": "to fill (time)",
          "word": "заемам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 12 17 1 21 1 1 1 1 2 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to fill (time)",
          "word": "viedä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 12 17 1 21 1 1 1 1 2 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to fill (time)",
          "word": "occuper"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 12 17 1 21 1 1 1 1 2 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to fill (time)",
          "word": "occupare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 12 17 1 21 1 1 1 1 2 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to fill (time)",
          "word": "ocupar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 12 17 1 21 1 1 1 1 2 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zanimátʹ",
          "sense": "to fill (time)",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "занима́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 12 17 1 21 1 1 1 1 2 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zanjátʹ",
          "sense": "to fill (time)",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "заня́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 12 17 1 21 1 1 1 1 2 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zajmáty",
          "sense": "to fill (time)",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "займа́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 12 17 1 21 1 1 1 1 2 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zajnjáty",
          "sense": "to fill (time)",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "зайня́ти"
        }
      ]
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        {
          "text": "The film occupied me for three hours.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "I occupy myself with gardening for a few hours every day.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To take or use.",
        "To possess or use the time or capacity of; to engage the service of."
      ],
      "id": "en-occupy-en-verb-en:keep_busy",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, of time) To take or use.",
        "To possess or use the time or capacity of; to engage the service of."
      ],
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      ],
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          "_dis1": "9 40 9 9 6 6 6 6 0 1 9",
          "sense": "to possess or use the time or capacity of",
          "word": "employ"
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          "sense": "to possess or use the time or capacity of",
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        }
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 48 1 1 14 12 12 12 0 0 0",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "zbaġecʿnel",
          "sense": "time or space",
          "word": "զբաղեցնել"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 48 1 1 14 12 12 12 0 0 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "time or space",
          "word": "花費"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 48 1 1 14 12 12 12 0 0 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "huāfèi",
          "sense": "time or space",
          "topics": [
            "money",
            "finance",
            "business",
            "time"
          ],
          "word": "花费"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 48 1 1 14 12 12 12 0 0 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "time or space",
          "word": "佔"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 48 1 1 14 12 12 12 0 0 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "english": "space",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zhàn",
          "sense": "time or space",
          "word": "占"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 48 1 1 14 12 12 12 0 0 0",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "time or space",
          "word": "obsadit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 48 1 1 14 12 12 12 0 0 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "time or space",
          "word": "varata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 48 1 1 14 12 12 12 0 0 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "time or space",
          "word": "occuper"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 48 1 1 14 12 12 12 0 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "time or space",
          "word": "in Anspruch nehmen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 48 1 1 14 12 12 12 0 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "time or space",
          "word": "belegen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 48 1 1 14 12 12 12 0 0 0",
          "code": "ht",
          "lang": "Haitian Creole",
          "sense": "time or space",
          "word": "okipe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 48 1 1 14 12 12 12 0 0 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "time or space",
          "word": "occupare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 48 1 1 14 12 12 12 0 0 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "time or space",
          "word": "ocupar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 48 1 1 14 12 12 12 0 0 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zanimátʹ",
          "sense": "time or space",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "занима́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 48 1 1 14 12 12 12 0 0 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zanjátʹ",
          "sense": "time or space",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "заня́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 48 1 1 14 12 12 12 0 0 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "time or space",
          "word": "ocupar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 48 1 1 14 12 12 12 0 0 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "time or space",
          "word": "uppta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 48 1 1 14 12 12 12 0 0 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "time or space",
          "word": "ta upp"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 48 1 1 14 12 12 12 0 0 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zabyráty",
          "sense": "time or space",
          "word": "забира́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 48 1 1 14 12 12 12 0 0 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zabráty",
          "sense": "time or space",
          "word": "забра́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 48 1 1 14 12 12 12 0 0 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zajmáty",
          "sense": "time or space",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "займа́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 48 1 1 14 12 12 12 0 0 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zajnjáty",
          "sense": "time or space",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "зайня́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 28 10 10 7 7 7 7 0 1 13",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "zbaġecʿnel",
          "sense": "to use the time or capacity of",
          "word": "զբաղեցնել"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 28 10 10 7 7 7 7 0 1 13",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "note": "more common to use a causative structure, like \"keep someone doing\"",
          "sense": "to use the time or capacity of",
          "word": "pitää kiireisenä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 28 10 10 7 7 7 7 0 1 13",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to use the time or capacity of",
          "word": "occuper"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 28 10 10 7 7 7 7 0 1 13",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zanimátʹ",
          "sense": "to use the time or capacity of",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "занима́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 28 10 10 7 7 7 7 0 1 13",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zanjátʹ",
          "sense": "to use the time or capacity of",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "заня́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 28 10 10 7 7 7 7 0 1 13",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zajmáty",
          "sense": "to use the time or capacity of",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "займа́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 28 10 10 7 7 7 7 0 1 13",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zajnjáty",
          "sense": "to use the time or capacity of",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "зайня́ти"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I occupy the post of deputy cat catcher.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To take or use.",
        "To fill or hold (an official position or role)."
      ],
      "id": "en-occupy-en-verb-joo5wPTY",
      "links": [
        [
          "fill",
          "fill"
        ],
        [
          "hold",
          "hold"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, of time) To take or use.",
        "To fill or hold (an official position or role)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "of time",
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 11 60 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "zbaġecʿnel",
          "sense": "hold a position",
          "word": "զբաղեցնել"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 11 60 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "zaemam",
          "sense": "hold a position",
          "word": "заемам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 11 60 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "hold a position",
          "word": "ocupar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 11 60 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "hold a position",
          "word": "據有"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 11 60 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jùyǒu",
          "sense": "hold a position",
          "word": "据有"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 11 60 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "hold a position",
          "word": "toimia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 11 60 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "hold a position",
          "word": "occuper"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 11 60 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "hold a position",
          "word": "besetzen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 11 60 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "ht",
          "lang": "Haitian Creole",
          "sense": "hold a position",
          "word": "okipe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 11 60 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "alt": "しめる",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "shimeru",
          "sense": "hold a position",
          "word": "占める"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 11 60 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "hold a position",
          "word": "teneo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 11 60 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "hold a position",
          "word": "possideo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 11 60 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "hold a position",
          "word": "otchuper"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 11 60 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "hold a position",
          "word": "weardian"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 11 60 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "hold a position",
          "word": "ocupar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 11 60 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zanimátʹ",
          "sense": "hold a position",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "занима́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 11 60 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zanjátʹ",
          "sense": "hold a position",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "заня́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 11 60 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "hold a position",
          "word": "ocupar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 11 60 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "hold a position",
          "word": "inneha"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 11 60 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zajmáty",
          "sense": "hold a position",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "займа́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 11 60 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zajnjáty",
          "sense": "hold a position",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "зайня́ти"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I occupied her friend while he made his proposal.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To take or use.",
        "To hold the attention of."
      ],
      "id": "en-occupy-en-verb--JgjVzNz",
      "links": [
        [
          "attention",
          "attention"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, of time) To take or use.",
        "To hold the attention of."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "of time",
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "3 5 12 61 2 2 8 2 1 0 3",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "zbaġecʿnel",
          "sense": "hold attention of",
          "word": "զբաղեցնել"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 5 12 61 2 2 8 2 1 0 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "zavladjavam",
          "sense": "hold attention of",
          "word": "завладявам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 5 12 61 2 2 8 2 1 0 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "hold attention of",
          "word": "vangita huomio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 5 12 61 2 2 8 2 1 0 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "hold attention of",
          "word": "occuper"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 5 12 61 2 2 8 2 1 0 3",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "hold attention of",
          "word": "teneo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 5 12 61 2 2 8 2 1 0 3",
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "hold attention of",
          "word": "otchuper"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 5 12 61 2 2 8 2 1 0 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "hold attention of",
          "word": "ocupar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 5 12 61 2 2 8 2 1 0 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zanimátʹ",
          "sense": "hold attention of",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "занима́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 5 12 61 2 2 8 2 1 0 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zanjátʹ",
          "sense": "hold attention of",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "заня́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 5 12 61 2 2 8 2 1 0 3",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zajmáty",
          "sense": "hold attention of",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "займа́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 5 12 61 2 2 8 2 1 0 3",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zajnjáty",
          "sense": "hold attention of",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "зайня́ти"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The historic mansion occupied two city blocks.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To take or use space.",
        "To fill space."
      ],
      "id": "en-occupy-en-verb--DKrtBYT",
      "links": [
        [
          "space",
          "space"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To take or use space.",
        "To fill space."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "30 1 12 1 47 2 2 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "zbaġecʿnel",
          "sense": "to fill (space)",
          "word": "զբաղեցնել"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "30 1 12 1 47 2 2 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "zaemam",
          "sense": "to fill (space)",
          "word": "заемам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "30 1 12 1 47 2 2 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to fill (space)",
          "word": "olla alueella (jollakin)"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "30 1 12 1 47 2 2 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to fill (space)",
          "word": "occuper"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "30 1 12 1 47 2 2 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to fill (space)",
          "word": "occupare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "30 1 12 1 47 2 2 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to fill (space)",
          "word": "whakakapi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "30 1 12 1 47 2 2 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to fill (space)",
          "word": "wheta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "30 1 12 1 47 2 2 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "tutmak",
          "sense": "to fill (space)",
          "word": "طوتمق"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "30 1 12 1 47 2 2 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to fill (space)",
          "word": "ocupar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "30 1 12 1 47 2 2 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zanimátʹ",
          "sense": "to fill (space)",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "занима́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "30 1 12 1 47 2 2 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zanjátʹ",
          "sense": "to fill (space)",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "заня́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "30 1 12 1 47 2 2 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zajmáty",
          "sense": "to fill (space)",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "займа́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "30 1 12 1 47 2 2 2 1 1 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zajnjáty",
          "sense": "to fill (space)",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "зайня́ти"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
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      "glosses": [
        "To take or use space.",
        "To live or reside in."
      ],
      "id": "en-occupy-en-verb-uc7sf16O",
      "links": [
        [
          "space",
          "space"
        ],
        [
          "live",
          "live"
        ],
        [
          "reside",
          "reside"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To take or use space.",
        "To live or reside in."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 2 2 1 71 1 1 1 15 2",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "zbaġecʿnel",
          "sense": "reside in",
          "word": "զբաղեցնել"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 2 2 1 71 1 1 1 15 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "obitavam",
          "sense": "reside in",
          "word": "обитавам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 2 2 1 71 1 1 1 15 2",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "reside in",
          "word": "ocupar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 2 2 1 71 1 1 1 15 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jūzhù",
          "sense": "reside in",
          "word": "居住"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 2 2 1 71 1 1 1 15 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "reside in",
          "word": "asuttaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 2 2 1 71 1 1 1 15 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "reside in",
          "word": "occuper"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 2 2 1 71 1 1 1 15 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "reside in",
          "word": "habiter"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 2 2 1 71 1 1 1 15 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "reside in",
          "word": "bewohnen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 2 2 1 71 1 1 1 15 2",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "reside in",
          "word": "áitigh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 2 2 1 71 1 1 1 15 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "reside in",
          "word": "occupare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 2 2 1 71 1 1 1 15 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "reside in",
          "word": "wheta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 2 2 1 71 1 1 1 15 2",
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "reside in",
          "word": "otchuper"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 2 2 1 71 1 1 1 15 2",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "reside in",
          "word": "būan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 2 2 1 71 1 1 1 15 2",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "reside in",
          "word": "weardian"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 2 2 1 71 1 1 1 15 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "reside in",
          "word": "ocupar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 2 2 1 71 1 1 1 15 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zanimátʹ",
          "sense": "reside in",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "занима́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 2 2 1 71 1 1 1 15 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zanjátʹ",
          "sense": "reside in",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "заня́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 2 2 1 71 1 1 1 15 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "reside in",
          "word": "ocupar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 2 2 1 71 1 1 1 15 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "reside in",
          "word": "bo i"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 2 2 1 71 1 1 1 15 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "reside in",
          "word": "bebo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 2 2 1 71 1 1 1 15 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zajmáty",
          "sense": "reside in",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "займа́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 2 2 1 71 1 1 1 15 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zajnjáty",
          "sense": "reside in",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "зайня́ти"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Military",
          "orig": "en:Military",
          "parents": [
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1940, The China monthly review, volumes 94-95, page 370",
          "text": "The Japanese can occupy but cannot hold, and what they can hold they cannot hold long, was the opinion of General Pai Chung-hsi, Chief of the General Staff of the Chinese Army, […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1975, Esmé Cecil Wingfield-Stratford, King Charles and King Pym, 1637-1643, page 330",
          "text": "Rupert, with his usual untamable energy, was scouring the country — but at first in the wrong direction, that of Aylesbury, another keypoint in the outer ring of Oxford defences, which he occupied but could not hold.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1983, Arthur Keppel-Jones, Rhodes and Rhodesia: The White Conquest of Zimbabwe, 1884-1902, page 462",
          "text": "One of the rebel marksmen, who had taken up position on a boulder, was knocked off it by the recoil of his weapon every time he fired. Again the attack achieved nothing. Positions were occupied, but could not be held.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1991, Werner Spies, John William Gabriel, Max Ernst collages: the invention of the surrealist universe, page 333",
          "text": "Germany occupied France for three years while France struggled to make payments that were a condition of surrender.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006, John Michael Francis, Iberia and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History, page 496",
          "text": "Spain occupied, but could not populate, and its failure to expand Florida led Britain to consider the peninsula a logical extension of its colonial holdings.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To take or use space.",
        "To have, or to have taken, possession or control of (a territory)."
      ],
      "id": "en-occupy-en-verb-UFZ-jABR",
      "links": [
        [
          "space",
          "space"
        ],
        [
          "military",
          "military"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To take or use space.",
        "(military) To have, or to have taken, possession or control of (a territory)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "war"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "8 8 8 8 6 6 40 6 2 5 3",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "iḥtalla",
          "sense": "have (taken) control of",
          "word": "اِحْتَلَّ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 8 8 8 6 6 40 6 2 5 3",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "gravel",
          "sense": "have (taken) control of",
          "word": "գրավել"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 8 8 8 6 6 40 6 2 5 3",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "have (taken) control of",
          "word": "işğal etmək"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 8 8 8 6 6 40 6 2 5 3",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "akupavácʹ",
          "sense": "have (taken) control of",
          "word": "акупава́ць"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 8 8 8 6 6 40 6 2 5 3",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "zajmácʹ",
          "sense": "have (taken) control of",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "займа́ць"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 8 8 8 6 6 40 6 2 5 3",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "zanjácʹ",
          "sense": "have (taken) control of",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "заня́ць"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 8 8 8 6 6 40 6 2 5 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "okupíram",
          "sense": "have (taken) control of",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective",
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "окупи́рам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 8 8 8 6 6 40 6 2 5 3",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "have (taken) control of",
          "word": "ocupar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 8 8 8 6 6 40 6 2 5 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "have (taken) control of",
          "word": "佔據"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 8 8 8 6 6 40 6 2 5 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zhànjù",
          "sense": "have (taken) control of",
          "word": "占据"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 8 8 8 6 6 40 6 2 5 3",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "have (taken) control of",
          "word": "obsadit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 8 8 8 6 6 40 6 2 5 3",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "have (taken) control of",
          "word": "besætte"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 8 8 8 6 6 40 6 2 5 3",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "have (taken) control of",
          "word": "bezetten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 8 8 8 6 6 40 6 2 5 3",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "have (taken) control of",
          "word": "okupi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 8 8 8 6 6 40 6 2 5 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "have (taken) control of",
          "word": "vallata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 8 8 8 6 6 40 6 2 5 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "have (taken) control of",
          "word": "miehittää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 8 8 8 6 6 40 6 2 5 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "have (taken) control of",
          "word": "occuper"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 8 8 8 6 6 40 6 2 5 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "have (taken) control of",
          "word": "besetzen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 8 8 8 6 6 40 6 2 5 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "have (taken) control of",
          "word": "okkupieren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 8 8 8 6 6 40 6 2 5 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "have (taken) control of",
          "word": "elfoglal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 8 8 8 6 6 40 6 2 5 3",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "have (taken) control of",
          "word": "hernema"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 8 8 8 6 6 40 6 2 5 3",
          "alt": "しめる",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "shimeru",
          "sense": "have (taken) control of",
          "word": "占める"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 8 8 8 6 6 40 6 2 5 3",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "have (taken) control of",
          "word": "wheta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 8 8 8 6 6 40 6 2 5 3",
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "have (taken) control of",
          "word": "otchuper"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 8 8 8 6 6 40 6 2 5 3",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "have (taken) control of",
          "word": "besette"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 8 8 8 6 6 40 6 2 5 3",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "have (taken) control of",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "okupować"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 8 8 8 6 6 40 6 2 5 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "have (taken) control of",
          "word": "ocupar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 8 8 8 6 6 40 6 2 5 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "okkupírovatʹ",
          "sense": "have (taken) control of",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective",
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "оккупи́ровать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 8 8 8 6 6 40 6 2 5 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zanimátʹ",
          "sense": "have (taken) control of",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "занима́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 8 8 8 6 6 40 6 2 5 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zanjátʹ",
          "sense": "have (taken) control of",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "заня́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 8 8 8 6 6 40 6 2 5 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zavladevátʹ",
          "sense": "have (taken) control of",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "завладева́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 8 8 8 6 6 40 6 2 5 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zavladétʹ",
          "sense": "have (taken) control of",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "завладе́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 8 8 8 6 6 40 6 2 5 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "have (taken) control of",
          "word": "ocupar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 8 8 8 6 6 40 6 2 5 3",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "have (taken) control of",
          "word": "ockupera"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 8 8 8 6 6 40 6 2 5 3",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "have (taken) control of",
          "word": "besätta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 8 8 8 6 6 40 6 2 5 3",
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "ākramiñcu",
          "sense": "have (taken) control of",
          "word": "ఆక్రమించు"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 8 8 8 6 6 40 6 2 5 3",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "okupuváty",
          "sense": "have (taken) control of",
          "word": "окупува́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 8 8 8 6 6 40 6 2 5 3",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zajmáty",
          "sense": "have (taken) control of",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "займа́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 8 8 8 6 6 40 6 2 5 3",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zajnjáty",
          "sense": "have (taken) control of",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "зайня́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 8 8 8 6 6 40 6 2 5 3",
          "code": "zza",
          "lang": "Zazaki",
          "sense": "have (taken) control of",
          "word": "zebt kerden"
        }
      ]
    },
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        "To take or use space.",
        "To place the theodolite or total station at (a point)."
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          "text": "1867, Robert Nares A Glossary\nOCCUPY, [sensu obsc.] To possess, or enjoy.\nThese villains will make the word captain, as odious as the word occupy. 2 Hen. IV, ii, 4.\nGroyne, come of age, his state sold out of hand\nFor 's whore; Groyne still doth occupy his land. B. Jons. Epigr., 117.\nMany, out of their own obscene apprehensions, refuse proper and fit words, as occupy, nature, and the like. Ibid., Discoveries, vol. vii, p. 119.\nIt is so used also in Rowley's New Wonder, Anc. Dr., v, 278."
        }
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        "(transitive, obsolete) To have sexual intercourse with."
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        {
          "ref": "1551, Ralph Robinson (tr.), Sir Thomas More's Utopia (in Latin), 1516",
          "text": "not able to occupy their old crafts"
        }
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        "To do business in; to busy oneself with."
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        "(obsolete) To do business in; to busy oneself with."
      ],
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          "ref": "1551, Ralph Robinson (tr.), Sir Thomas More's Utopia (in Latin), 1516",
          "text": "They occupy not money themselves."
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        "(obsolete) To use; to expend; to make use of."
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      "ipa": "/ˈɑkjəpaɪ/",
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        "(transitive, of time) To take or use.",
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        "(transitive, of time) To take or use.",
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          "text": "I occupied her friend while he made his proposal.",
          "type": "example"
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        "To take or use.",
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        "(transitive, of time) To take or use.",
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        [
          "space",
          "space"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To take or use space.",
        "To fill space."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To take or use space.",
        "To live or reside in."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "space",
          "space"
        ],
        [
          "live",
          "live"
        ],
        [
          "reside",
          "reside"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To take or use space.",
        "To live or reside in."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "en:Military"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1940, The China monthly review, volumes 94-95, page 370",
          "text": "The Japanese can occupy but cannot hold, and what they can hold they cannot hold long, was the opinion of General Pai Chung-hsi, Chief of the General Staff of the Chinese Army, […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1975, Esmé Cecil Wingfield-Stratford, King Charles and King Pym, 1637-1643, page 330",
          "text": "Rupert, with his usual untamable energy, was scouring the country — but at first in the wrong direction, that of Aylesbury, another keypoint in the outer ring of Oxford defences, which he occupied but could not hold.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1983, Arthur Keppel-Jones, Rhodes and Rhodesia: The White Conquest of Zimbabwe, 1884-1902, page 462",
          "text": "One of the rebel marksmen, who had taken up position on a boulder, was knocked off it by the recoil of his weapon every time he fired. Again the attack achieved nothing. Positions were occupied, but could not be held.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1991, Werner Spies, John William Gabriel, Max Ernst collages: the invention of the surrealist universe, page 333",
          "text": "Germany occupied France for three years while France struggled to make payments that were a condition of surrender.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006, John Michael Francis, Iberia and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History, page 496",
          "text": "Spain occupied, but could not populate, and its failure to expand Florida led Britain to consider the peninsula a logical extension of its colonial holdings.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To take or use space.",
        "To have, or to have taken, possession or control of (a territory)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "space",
          "space"
        ],
        [
          "military",
          "military"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To take or use space.",
        "(military) To have, or to have taken, possession or control of (a territory)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "war"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs",
        "en:Surveying"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To take or use space.",
        "To place the theodolite or total station at (a point)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "space",
          "space"
        ],
        [
          "surveying",
          "surveying#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "theodolite",
          "theodolite"
        ],
        [
          "total station",
          "total station"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To take or use space.",
        "(surveying) To place the theodolite or total station at (a point)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "geography",
        "natural-sciences",
        "surveying"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "1867, Robert Nares A Glossary\nOCCUPY, [sensu obsc.] To possess, or enjoy.\nThese villains will make the word captain, as odious as the word occupy. 2 Hen. IV, ii, 4.\nGroyne, come of age, his state sold out of hand\nFor 's whore; Groyne still doth occupy his land. B. Jons. Epigr., 117.\nMany, out of their own obscene apprehensions, refuse proper and fit words, as occupy, nature, and the like. Ibid., Discoveries, vol. vii, p. 119.\nIt is so used also in Rowley's New Wonder, Anc. Dr., v, 278."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To have sexual intercourse with."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sexual intercourse",
          "sexual intercourse"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, obsolete) To have sexual intercourse with."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1551, Ralph Robinson (tr.), Sir Thomas More's Utopia (in Latin), 1516",
          "text": "not able to occupy their old crafts"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To do business in; to busy oneself with."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) To do business in; to busy oneself with."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1551, Ralph Robinson (tr.), Sir Thomas More's Utopia (in Latin), 1516",
          "text": "They occupy not money themselves."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To use; to expend; to make use of."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) To use; to expend; to make use of."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɒkjʊpaɪ/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɑkjəpaɪ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
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      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    },
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      "enpr": "ŏʹ-kyo͝o-pī"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "sense": "to possess or use the time or capacity of",
      "word": "employ"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to possess or use the time or capacity of",
      "word": "busy"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to have sexual intercourse with",
      "word": "coitize"
    },
    {
      "word": "go to bed with"
    },
    {
      "word": "sleep with"
    },
    {
      "word": "copulate with"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "zbaġecʿnel",
      "sense": "to fill (time)",
      "word": "զբաղեցնել"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zaemam",
      "sense": "to fill (time)",
      "word": "заемам"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to fill (time)",
      "word": "viedä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to fill (time)",
      "word": "occuper"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to fill (time)",
      "word": "occupare"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to fill (time)",
      "word": "ocupar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zanimátʹ",
      "sense": "to fill (time)",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "занима́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zanjátʹ",
      "sense": "to fill (time)",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "заня́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zajmáty",
      "sense": "to fill (time)",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "займа́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zajnjáty",
      "sense": "to fill (time)",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "зайня́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "zbaġecʿnel",
      "sense": "to fill (space)",
      "word": "զբաղեցնել"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zaemam",
      "sense": "to fill (space)",
      "word": "заемам"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to fill (space)",
      "word": "olla alueella (jollakin)"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to fill (space)",
      "word": "occuper"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to fill (space)",
      "word": "occupare"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to fill (space)",
      "word": "whakakapi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to fill (space)",
      "word": "wheta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "tutmak",
      "sense": "to fill (space)",
      "word": "طوتمق"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to fill (space)",
      "word": "ocupar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zanimátʹ",
      "sense": "to fill (space)",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "занима́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zanjátʹ",
      "sense": "to fill (space)",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "заня́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zajmáty",
      "sense": "to fill (space)",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "займа́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zajnjáty",
      "sense": "to fill (space)",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "зайня́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "zbaġecʿnel",
      "sense": "time or space",
      "word": "զբաղեցնել"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "time or space",
      "word": "花費"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "huāfèi",
      "sense": "time or space",
      "topics": [
        "money",
        "finance",
        "business",
        "time"
      ],
      "word": "花费"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "time or space",
      "word": "佔"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "english": "space",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhàn",
      "sense": "time or space",
      "word": "占"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "time or space",
      "word": "obsadit"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "time or space",
      "word": "varata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "time or space",
      "word": "occuper"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "time or space",
      "word": "in Anspruch nehmen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "time or space",
      "word": "belegen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ht",
      "lang": "Haitian Creole",
      "sense": "time or space",
      "word": "okipe"
    },
    {
      "code": "ht",
      "lang": "Haitian Creole",
      "sense": "time or space",
      "word": "okipe"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "time or space",
      "word": "occupare"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "time or space",
      "word": "ocupar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zanimátʹ",
      "sense": "time or space",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "занима́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zanjátʹ",
      "sense": "time or space",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "заня́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "time or space",
      "word": "ocupar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "time or space",
      "word": "uppta"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "time or space",
      "word": "ta upp"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zabyráty",
      "sense": "time or space",
      "word": "забира́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zabráty",
      "sense": "time or space",
      "word": "забра́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zajmáty",
      "sense": "time or space",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "займа́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zajnjáty",
      "sense": "time or space",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "зайня́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "zbaġecʿnel",
      "sense": "reside in",
      "word": "զբաղեցնել"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "obitavam",
      "sense": "reside in",
      "word": "обитавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "reside in",
      "word": "ocupar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jūzhù",
      "sense": "reside in",
      "word": "居住"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "reside in",
      "word": "asuttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "reside in",
      "word": "occuper"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "reside in",
      "word": "habiter"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "reside in",
      "word": "bewohnen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "reside in",
      "word": "áitigh"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "reside in",
      "word": "occupare"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "reside in",
      "word": "wheta"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "reside in",
      "word": "otchuper"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "reside in",
      "word": "būan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "reside in",
      "word": "weardian"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "reside in",
      "word": "ocupar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zanimátʹ",
      "sense": "reside in",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "занима́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zanjátʹ",
      "sense": "reside in",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "заня́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "reside in",
      "word": "ocupar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "reside in",
      "word": "bo i"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "reside in",
      "word": "bebo"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zajmáty",
      "sense": "reside in",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "займа́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zajnjáty",
      "sense": "reside in",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "зайня́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "iḥtalla",
      "sense": "have (taken) control of",
      "word": "اِحْتَلَّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "gravel",
      "sense": "have (taken) control of",
      "word": "գրավել"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "have (taken) control of",
      "word": "işğal etmək"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "akupavácʹ",
      "sense": "have (taken) control of",
      "word": "акупава́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "zajmácʹ",
      "sense": "have (taken) control of",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "займа́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "zanjácʹ",
      "sense": "have (taken) control of",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "заня́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "okupíram",
      "sense": "have (taken) control of",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "окупи́рам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "have (taken) control of",
      "word": "ocupar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "have (taken) control of",
      "word": "佔據"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhànjù",
      "sense": "have (taken) control of",
      "word": "占据"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "have (taken) control of",
      "word": "obsadit"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "have (taken) control of",
      "word": "besætte"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "have (taken) control of",
      "word": "bezetten"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "have (taken) control of",
      "word": "okupi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "have (taken) control of",
      "word": "vallata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "have (taken) control of",
      "word": "miehittää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "have (taken) control of",
      "word": "occuper"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "have (taken) control of",
      "word": "besetzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "have (taken) control of",
      "word": "okkupieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "have (taken) control of",
      "word": "elfoglal"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "have (taken) control of",
      "word": "hernema"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しめる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shimeru",
      "sense": "have (taken) control of",
      "word": "占める"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "have (taken) control of",
      "word": "wheta"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "have (taken) control of",
      "word": "otchuper"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "have (taken) control of",
      "word": "besette"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "have (taken) control of",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "okupować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "have (taken) control of",
      "word": "ocupar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "okkupírovatʹ",
      "sense": "have (taken) control of",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "оккупи́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zanimátʹ",
      "sense": "have (taken) control of",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "занима́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zanjátʹ",
      "sense": "have (taken) control of",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "заня́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zavladevátʹ",
      "sense": "have (taken) control of",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "завладева́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zavladétʹ",
      "sense": "have (taken) control of",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "завладе́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "have (taken) control of",
      "word": "ocupar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "have (taken) control of",
      "word": "ockupera"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "have (taken) control of",
      "word": "besätta"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "ākramiñcu",
      "sense": "have (taken) control of",
      "word": "ఆక్రమించు"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "okupuváty",
      "sense": "have (taken) control of",
      "word": "окупува́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zajmáty",
      "sense": "have (taken) control of",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "займа́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zajnjáty",
      "sense": "have (taken) control of",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "зайня́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "zza",
      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "have (taken) control of",
      "word": "zebt kerden"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "zbaġecʿnel",
      "sense": "to use the time or capacity of",
      "word": "զբաղեցնել"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "note": "more common to use a causative structure, like \"keep someone doing\"",
      "sense": "to use the time or capacity of",
      "word": "pitää kiireisenä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to use the time or capacity of",
      "word": "occuper"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zanimátʹ",
      "sense": "to use the time or capacity of",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "занима́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zanjátʹ",
      "sense": "to use the time or capacity of",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "заня́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zajmáty",
      "sense": "to use the time or capacity of",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "займа́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zajnjáty",
      "sense": "to use the time or capacity of",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "зайня́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "zbaġecʿnel",
      "sense": "hold a position",
      "word": "զբաղեցնել"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zaemam",
      "sense": "hold a position",
      "word": "заемам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "hold a position",
      "word": "ocupar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "hold a position",
      "word": "據有"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jùyǒu",
      "sense": "hold a position",
      "word": "据有"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "hold a position",
      "word": "toimia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "hold a position",
      "word": "occuper"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "hold a position",
      "word": "besetzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ht",
      "lang": "Haitian Creole",
      "sense": "hold a position",
      "word": "okipe"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しめる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shimeru",
      "sense": "hold a position",
      "word": "占める"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "hold a position",
      "word": "teneo"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "hold a position",
      "word": "possideo"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "hold a position",
      "word": "otchuper"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "hold a position",
      "word": "weardian"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "hold a position",
      "word": "ocupar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zanimátʹ",
      "sense": "hold a position",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "занима́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zanjátʹ",
      "sense": "hold a position",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "заня́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "hold a position",
      "word": "ocupar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "hold a position",
      "word": "inneha"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zajmáty",
      "sense": "hold a position",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "займа́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zajnjáty",
      "sense": "hold a position",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "зайня́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "zbaġecʿnel",
      "sense": "hold attention of",
      "word": "զբաղեցնել"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zavladjavam",
      "sense": "hold attention of",
      "word": "завладявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "hold attention of",
      "word": "vangita huomio"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "hold attention of",
      "word": "occuper"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "hold attention of",
      "word": "teneo"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "hold attention of",
      "word": "otchuper"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "hold attention of",
      "word": "ocupar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zanimátʹ",
      "sense": "hold attention of",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "занима́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zanjátʹ",
      "sense": "hold attention of",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "заня́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zajmáty",
      "sense": "hold attention of",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "займа́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zajnjáty",
      "sense": "hold attention of",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "зайня́ти"
    }
  ],
  "word": "occupy"
}

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