<p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.</li><li>to engage or employ the mind, energy, or attention of: Occupy the children with a game while I prepare dinner.</li><li>Synonyms: busy, use.</li><li>to be a resident or tenant of; dwell in: We occupied the same house for 20 years.</li><li>to hold (a position, office, etc.).</li><li>to take possession and control of (a place), as by military invasion.</li><li>Synonyms: seize, capture.</li><li>Usually Occupy: to participate in a protest about (a social or political issue), as by taking possession or control of buildings or public places that are symbolic of the issue: Let’s Occupy our voting rights! The Occupy Wall Street movement of late 2011 was a protest against economic inequality.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>to take or hold possession.</li><li>Usually Occupy: to participate in a protest about a social or political issue.</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>Usually Occupy: of or relating to a protest about a social or political issue, as in Occupy movement, Occupy protest, and Occupy candidate: the Occupy movement for social justice.</li></ul>