Meaning & use
Occupies
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Takes up space, time, or a position, or lives in or holds control of a place.
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The dining table occupies most of the small kitchen.
The rebel army now occupies the capital's central square.
A note on using this word
From Latin "occupare," meaning "to seize" — a root shared with "occupation" and "preoccupied."
Words with a similar meaning
fillsinhabits
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Words with an opposite meaning
vacates
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