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Meanings of occupied in English

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ocupado

Held or filled or in use.

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        ocupado

        Resided in; having tenants.

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              Usage of occupied in English
              1
              I think we shall be occupied all day, perhaps for several days.
              Scoop
              2
              Few risk going to the local state hospital, now occupied by troops.
              Reuters
              3
              Geographically, Cyprus had occupied a position of great strategic importance throughout history.
              Act of treason
              4
              Israeli settlements in the occupied territory are judged illegal under international law.
              Reuters
              5
              However, recent analyses of antagonist-occupied receptor function suggest a more complex picture.
              Pubmed
              6
              The great palace stood in Jerusalem; it occupied thirteen years in building.
              The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01
              7
              The court order prevented the landowners from dismantling any occupied shacks, however.
              The South African
              8
              These include: Land that is occupied or used by a labour tenant.
              The South African
              9
              The same thought occupied each mind; the scene in the throne room.
              The Puppet Crown
              10
              This sector was very different from any sector the Battalion had occupied.
              The Story of the "9th King's" in France
              11
              Israel had occupied the disputed territory since the 1967 Middle East war.
              The Irish Times
              12
              Stagnation had changed the occupied city, the house leader proposed to Dram.
              Black Deutschland
              13
              The protesters occupied a government complex and the Finance Ministry last week.
              Reuters
              14
              Anti-establishment groups have also occupied Athens University for weeks without police intervention.
              The Irish Times
              15
              Housing activists have occupied a second property in Dublin's north inner city.
              The Irish Times
              16
              It occupied the area from the end of the second century B.C.
              The new yorker
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