how to pronounce occupied

/ˈɑːkjəˌpaɪd/

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occupied is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of occupied in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… that line was occupied and if all five …”

meanings of occupied

adjective:

Subjugated, under the control of a foreign military presence.
Reserved, engaged.
Busy, unavailable.

verb:

Simple past tense and past participle of occupy.

occupied frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word occupied occurs in english on average 12.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics occupied can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that occupied can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;