"occupy" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

occupy verbo

occupy + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 102
occupy the part • occupy London • occupy one's mind • occupy one's time • occupy several feet • occupy one's attention • ...
verbo + occupy
Kolokacji: 5
keep occupied • continue to occupy • find occupied • come to occupy • begin occupying
occupy + preposición
Kolokacji: 37
occupied by • occupy until • occupied since • occupied during • occupied with • ...
occupy + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 70
once occupied • formerly occupied • fully occupied • originally occupied • later occupied • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 15
(1) once, formerly
Kolokacji: 2
(2) fully, well, easily
Kolokacji: 3
(6) illegally, legally
Kolokacji: 2
(7) temporarily, permanently
Kolokacji: 2
(8) normally, commonly
Kolokacji: 2
(10) eventually, finally
Kolokacji: 2
  • It was a relief to see Meiglan pleasantly occupied while he went chasing dragons.
  • Peshkepiia, much more pleasantly occupied.
  • Although the memory of their near-quarrel still lurked somewhere at the back of Folly's mind, the forefront of her attention had been much more pleasantly occupied.
  • "I am very glad you have been so pleasantly occupied," Laurence said to Temeraire, and, turning to Yongxing, made a deliberate bow, addressing him without invitation.
  • Scene I. Moll Placket is pleasantly occupied with a sailor, Topinlift, when Raccoon returns home unexpectedly.
  • Then both my afternoons have been so pleasantly occupied - taking Henley drives.
  • Porky moved silently toward what he conceived to be two people so pleasantly occupied that they had neither eyes nor ears for anything else.
  • Jonathan Swift was acerbic enough to suit his mood, so he was pleasantly occupied until the abbreviated train pulled into the switchyard and was sent to its own special siding.
  • "I have been pleasantly occupied," was his reply.
  • Mr. Miller worked with a number of writers to create inventive and colorful books meant to educate as they keep little minds pleasantly occupied.
(13) sparsely, densely
Kolokacji: 2
(14) jointly, respectively, singly
Kolokacji: 3
(15) frequently, occasionally
Kolokacji: 2

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