Definition of occupies

"occupies" in the verb sense

1. busy, occupy

keep busy with

"She busies herself with her butterfly collection"

2. occupy, reside, lodge in

live (in a certain place

"She resides in Princeton"

"he occupies two rooms on the top floor"

3. occupy, fill

occupy the whole of

"The liquid fills the container"

4. concern, interest, occupy, worry

be on the mind of

"I worry about the second Germanic consonant shift"

5. invade, occupy

march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation

"Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939"

6. take, occupy, use up

require (time or space

"It took three hours to get to work this morning"

"This event occupied a very short time"

7. absorb, engross, engage, occupy

consume all of one's attention or time

"Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely"

8. fill, take, occupy

assume, as of positions or roles

"She took the job as director of development"

"he occupies the position of manager"

"the young prince will soon occupy the throne"

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Quotations for occupies

The mind wishes for what it has missed, and occupies itself with retrospective contemplation. [ Petronius Arbiter ]

If he could only see how small a vacancy his death would leave, the proud man would think less of the place he occupies in his lifetime. [ Legouve ]

I hate anything that occupies more space than it is worth. I hate to see a load of bandboxes go along the street, and I hate to see a parcel of big words without anything in them. [ Hazlitt ]

occupies in Scrabble®

The word occupies is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 14

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters occupies:

OCCUPIES
(153)
 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word occupies

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In occupies

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occupies in Words With Friends™

The word occupies is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 18

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters occupies:

OCCUPIES
(156)
 

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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In occupies

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Words within the letters of occupies

2 letter words in occupies (7 words)

3 letter words in occupies (16 words)

4 letter words in occupies (14 words)

5 letter words in occupies (12 words)

6 letter words in occupies (2 words)

8 letter words in occupies (1 word)

occupies + 1 blank (1 word)

occupies + 2 blanks (3 words)

Words containing the sequence occupies

Words that start with occupies (1 word)

Words with occupies in them (1 word)

Word Growth involving occupies

Shorter words in occupies

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Longer words containing occupies

disoccupies

misoccupies

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