be occupied
Frequency: 9.0150.5 per million words
to be in a state of being used or busy
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Examples (10)
- The bathroom seems to be occupied right now.
- All the seats in the waiting room were occupied.
- She was occupied with writing her thesis all weekend.
- My time is fully occupied by my new job.
- The territory has been occupied by enemy forces for months.
- He is occupied in updating the software.
- Please wait until the room is no longer occupied.
- I am currently occupied and cannot answer the phone.
- That table is occupied, but this one is free.
- They were occupied with preparations for the party.