occupies
USOK-yuh-pyz/ˈɑkjəpaɪz/UKOK-yuu-pyz/ˈɒkjʊpaɪz/
- 1Third-person singular simple present of occupy.
The new tenant occupies the apartment on the third floor.
A single committee occupies the seat reserved for community groups.
Note
The spelling follows the rule for verbs that end in a consonant plus y: the y turns to i before -es, so occupy becomes occupies. In every meaning the verb is transitive and needs a direct object. A tenant occupies an apartment, a task occupies an afternoon, an official occupies a post. A sentence that stops at the verb sounds unfinished.
occupies is a form of occupy
occupy, verb: To take up or fill a given amount of space. Full entry
- Spelling
- occupy → occupies: change y to i, add -es
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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