occupied
/ˈɒkjʊpʌɪd/
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
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- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Past ending sound
oc - cu - pied -> occupied
occupy /'ɒkjupaÇ/ v (pt, pp - pied )
၁။ နေသည်။ The house next door has not been occupied for over a year. ❍ A firm of solicitors occupies the fourth floor.
၂။ သိမ်းပိုက် သည်။ The army occupied the enemy's capital. ❍ the occupied territories.
၃။ နေရာယူသည်။ အချိန်ယူသည်။ The bed occupied most of the room. ❍ Looking after a large family occupies most of her time. ❍ He occupies a senior position in the company.
၄။ ~ sb/oneself (in doing sth/with sth) အချိန် ကုန်လွန်စေသည်။ အချိန်ဖြုန်း သည်။ How does he occupy himself now that he's retired? ❍ She needs something to occupy her mind. ❍ The child occupied himself in playing video games.
၅။ သိမ်းပိုက်သည်။ The rebel forces have occupied the television station.
❏ occupied adj
၁။ သုံးစွဲနေ[သော]။ လူရှိ[သော]။ The toilet was occupied. ❍ EMPTY adj
၂။ ~ (in doing sth/with sth ) အလုပ်များသော။ အလုပ်ရှုပ်သော။ မအားလပ်သော။ He's fully occupied in looking after/with three small children. ❍ She kept herself occupied knitting clothes for refugees.
- The Smith family have occupied this farm for over a hundred years.
- All the seats on the bus were occupied.
- Warehouses occupied most of the site.
- Commercial photography occupied much of his time.
- The region was quickly occupied by foreign troops.
- An occupying army/force
- An estimated 3, 000 people assembled at Battery Park with the intention of occupying Wall Street.
- I spoke at length with various religious folk during my time in Occupy London.
- Members of the group occupy positions of power in the country.
- I need some way to occupy the kids for an hour.
- [keep someone occupied] : You keep him occupied down here while I check upstairs.
- [be occupied with something] : He’s still fully occupied with writing his report.
- [occupy yourself (with something)] : You need to find something to occupy yourself with when you retire.
- These thoughts occupied my mind, though I tried to sleep.
- The problem has been occupying me all week.
- [be occupied with something] : My mind’s been too occupied with moving house to think about a holiday.
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