"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
  • He successfully occupied 70 cities in the north-eastern part of China.
  • But critics point to similar buildings nearby that are successfully occupied and maintained.
  • No other American force successfully occupied any Canadian territory before the end of the winter.
  • First, Labour needs to become the party of economic renewal and growth - a position it successfully occupied in 1945, 1964 and 1997.
  • Mr. Ramos had successfully occupied a nearby ranch a few years earlier.
  • The rebel attacks began early Tuesday, but only the Channel 7 television and radio station was successfully occupied.
  • The island was successfully occupied by the British later in 1779, but these were again withdrawn when Savannah came under siege.
  • Nevertheless, the Japanese troops successfully occupied Tulagi and began the construction of a small naval base.
  • The numerically superior British flanked the Americans and successfully occupied the orchard that was behind the house.
  • The city's fortress was successfully occupied, but a few weeks later the Spanish people rebelled against Imperial French rule.
(13) sparsely, densely
Kolokacji: 2
(14) jointly, respectively, singly
Kolokacji: 3
(15) frequently, occasionally
Kolokacji: 2

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