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# occupy

verb (occupy, occupies, occupied, occupying)

«occupy» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To live in or use a building, room or space. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/occupy/#m1)
2. To fill time or keep someone busy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/occupy/#m2)
3. To take control of a place by force, such as an army. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/occupy/#m3)
4. To have a job or position. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/occupy/#m4)

### In the lessons

In maths: "the table occupies 2 square metres". Signs: "occupied" on a toilet door means someone is inside. In history: the army occupied the town. Phrases: occupy yourself, keep busy, occupied with.

### Examples

- The family occupies the flat on the top floor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/occupy/#x1)
- The toilet is occupied: please wait. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/occupy/#x2)
- Reading occupies me on long journeys. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/occupy/#x3)
- The soldiers occupied the castle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/occupy/#x4)
- The table occupies a lot of space. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/occupy/#x5)
- She occupies an important job at the council. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/occupy/#x6)
- Keep the toddler occupied with toys. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/occupy/#x7)
- I am glad to find that I still occupy a corner in your mind. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/occupy/#x8)

### Note

y changes to i: occupies, occupied. Noun: occupation (job, or control of a place); occupant (someone inside). In area problems, the space occupied is measured in square units.

## In Jewish tradition

In Mordell's writing, it means to fill the place of something, as zero holds the place of a digit. In the primary lessons: In maths: "the table occupies 2 square metres". Signs: "occupied" on a toilet door means someone is inside. In history: the army occupied the town. Phrases: occupy yourself, keep busy, occupied with.

### Examples

- J{ecause the zero in the number ten occupies the space. of a digit, onlv nine strokes, not ten, are used: and, therefore, we (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/occupy/#x1)
- On the other hand, the n occurs at the end of words as silent, indicating that it occupies the place of a vowel letter. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/occupy/#x2)
- As zero is not a digit itself, but only occupies the place of a digit, so the silent n is not a vowel itself, but merely occupies the place of a vowel. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/occupy/#x3)
- Support Thou me, and I shall be saved; and I will occupy myself with Thy statutes continually. (Writings PSA.119.117, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/occupy/#x4)

### Note

y changes to i: occupies, occupied. Noun: occupation (job, or control of a place); occupant (someone inside). In area problems, the space occupied is measured in square units.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «occupy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/occupy/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«occupy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/occupy.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «occupy» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/occupy/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«occupy» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/occupy.html) on Mova free.