occupied
/ˈɑkjəpaɪd/ adjective B2- Reserved; engaged. · The stall on the left is occupied.
- Busy; unavailable. · She is occupied at the moment.
- Subjugated; under the control of a foreign (usually military) presence. · My father travelled to occupied Japan in December 1945.
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During this time, Dantès, at the opposite side of the table, had been occupied in similarly placing his most honored guests.
A BULL, escaping from a Lion, hid in a cave which some shepherds had recently occupied.
Wire me what train in the morning you can get for Birlstone, and I will meet it—or have it met if I am too occupied.
Holmes brushed him aside without a word and, followed by all of us, rushed into the room which had been occupied by the man whom we had been watching.
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