"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
(13) sparsely, densely
Kolokacji: 2
(14) jointly, respectively, singly
Kolokacji: 3
(15) frequently, occasionally
Kolokacji: 2
1. frequently occupied = często zajmować frequently occupied
2. occasionally occupied = od czasu do czasu zajmować occasionally occupied
  • The property was occasionally occupied personally by Chandra Shekar but employment training never happened.
  • Many of the houses and factories built by these early settlers are still in use today - occasionally occupied by descendents of the original owners.
  • The affairs of Mary, Queen of Scots also occasionally occupied his attention.
  • The main frontages were nevertheless crammed with closely packed buildings, while the land behind was evidently more open and occasionally occupied by larger structures.
  • From 1909 to 1920, he taught at the Prague Conservatory himself, and this occasionally occupied him to a greater degree than composing.
  • This had two teaching positions, both of which were occupied only occasionally and often with less-than-qualified people.
  • The building was occasionally occupied by a traveling dentist who used a foot-powered drill.
  • During those years the castle was sacked by hordes of barbarians, and occasionally occupied by bandits.
  • Apparently, the village was abandoned most of the time, but was occasionally occupied by nomadic Arab families seeking shelter in its ruins.
  • Wooden benches are scattered throughout the preserve, occasionally occupied by a student with a textbook or an artist with a sketch pad.

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