occupy in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for occupy in the English»French Dictionary

I.occupy [Brit ˈɒkjʊpʌɪ, Am ˈɑkjəˌpaɪ] VB trans

1. occupy (inhabit):

occupy house, premises

occuper

2. occupy (fill):

occupy bed, seat, room

occuper

is this seat occupied?

est-ce que cette place est occupée or prise?

3. occupy (take over):

occupy country, building

occuper

an occupied territory

un territoire occupé

the occupied territories POL

les terres occupées

the occupied zone

la zone d'occupation

4. occupy (take up):

occupy time

prendre

occupy activity: day, afternoon

durer

the lecture occupies a whole day

la conférence dure toute une journée

the lecture occupies a whole day area, floor, surface

occuper

that table occupies too much space

cette table occupe or tient trop de place

5. occupy (keep busy):

occupy person

occuper

occupy attention

capter

to be occupied in doing

être occupé à faire

to be occupied with sb/sth

s 'occuper de qn/qc

I'm fully occupied with the garden

le jardin prend tout mon temps

something to occupy my mind

quelque chose pour m'occuper l'esprit

to keep oneself occupied

s'occuper (by doing en faisant)

6. occupy (hold):

occupy position, post, office

remplir

II.to occupy oneself VB refl

to occupy oneself refl:

to occupy oneself

s'occuper

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to occupy the centre ground of French politics

être au centre dans la politique française

to take/occupy centre stage

devenir/être le point de mire

to hold or occupy a senior position

occuper un poste responsable

to take/occupy a back seat fig

se mettre/se tenir en retrait

Translations for occupy in the French»English Dictionary

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absorber activité, tâche, problème: esprit

to occupy

occuper appartement, maison

to live in, to occupy

occuper douche, cellule

to be in, to occupy

occuper siège

to sit in, to occupy

occuper local, meuble: espace

to take up, to occupy

occuper personne, esprit

to occupy

occuper lieu

to occupy

se mettre/tenir en retrait fig

to take/to occupy a back seat

occupy in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for occupy in the English»French Dictionary

occupy [ˈɒkjʊpaɪ, Am ˈɑ:kju:-] VB trans a. form

occupy

occuper

to occupy oneself

s'occuper

to occupy one's mind

s'occuper l'esprit

to occupy one's time

occuper son temps

to occupy one's time in doing sth

s'occuper à faire qc

occupying forces

les forces fpl occupantes

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to occupy a position of prominence

occuper un poste important

Translations for occupy in the French»English Dictionary

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occuper place

to occupy

occuper appartement

to occupy

occuper fonction

to occupy

occuper qn à qc

to occupy sb for sth

occuper pays, usine

to occupy

détenir poste, position

to occupy

absorber travail

to occupy

occupy Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to occupy oneself

s'occuper

to occupy one's mind

s'occuper l'esprit

to occupy one's time

occuper son temps

to occupy one's time in doing sth

s'occuper à faire qc

to occupy a position of prominence

occuper un poste important

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The building has been razed and a school memorial and veterans' memorial occupy the spot today.

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The first development of his artistic talent occurred while he was attending the sickbed of his father, when he attempted drawing to occupy the long hours of waiting.

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In order to forestall this, it would be necessary to occupy Tunisia as quickly as possible after the landings were made.

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The certificate holder has the other rights of owners -- the rights to use and occupy the land and reap the financial benefit from rent or resource use.

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Half hidden, the hunters occupy an ambiguous position, and it is uncertain whether the line above them denotes the horizon or a fog bank.

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Gardening, scholarly research, and veterans affairs occupy his time.

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Less than 500 inhabitants decided to occupy their flats and the remaining infrastructure is currently in slow degradation.

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The object of the game is to occupy three of the four watering hole squares that are located near the center of the board.

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When the tags are made visible in the editor, however, they occupy space in the unformatted text and so disrupt the desired layout and flow.

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Although they have very effective digging claws, they prefer to occupy dens that are made by gophers, wood rats, pocket gophers, striped skunks, or armadillos.

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