occupying
- 1Present participle of occupy.
The protesters occupying the square set up tents for the night.
Occupying so much of her time, the project left little room for anything else.
Note
One -ing form doing two jobs. As a participle it describes action in progress (the troops occupying the town). As a gerund it names the act itself (occupying a building can be a crime). Either way it keeps the verb's transitive habit and wants a direct object: a place, a post, a home, someone's time or attention. The y of occupy stays unchanged before -ing.
Occupying a public office brings constant scrutiny.
She resented his occupying every spare hour of her week.
occupying is a form of occupy
occupy, verb: To take up or fill a given amount of space. Full entry
- Spelling
- occupy → occupying: add -ing
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