What is another word for be occupied by?

Pronunciation: [biː ˈɒkjʊpˌa͡ɪd bˈa͡ɪ] (IPA)

The phrase 'be occupied by' refers to a state where something or someone is currently residing in a particular place or is engaged with a certain task. Some common synonyms for 'be occupied by' include 'be engaged in', 'be busy with', 'be immersed in', and 'be absorbed in'. Other synonyms could include 'be engrossed in', 'be preoccupied with', 'be occupied with', 'be involved in', and 'be participating in'. Each of these synonyms captures a slightly different nuance of the phrase 'be occupied by' and can be used interchangeably based on the context of the sentence.

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What are the hypernyms for Be occupied by?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Famous quotes with Be occupied by

  • If we discovered that we only had five minutes left to say all that we wanted to say, every telephone booth would be occupied by people calling other people to stammer that they loved them.
    Christopher Morley
  • I was not created to be occupied by eating delicious foods like tied up cattle.
    Ali ibn Abi Talib
  • And yet I think that the Full House model does teach us to treasure variety for its own sake—for tough reasons of evolutionary theory and nature's ontology, and not from a lamentable failure of thought that accepts all beliefs on the absurd rationale that disagreement must imply disrespect. Excellence is a range of differences, not a spot. Each location on the range can be occupied by an excellent or an inadequate representative—and we must struggle for excellence at each of these varied locations. In a society driven, often unconsciously, to impose a uniform mediocrity upon a former richness of excellence—where McDonald's drives out the local diner, and the mega-Stop & Shop eliminates the corner Mom and Pop—an understanding and defense of full ranges as natural reality might help to stem the tide and preserve the rich raw material of any evolving system: variation itself.
    Stephen Jay Gould

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