occupying
Definitions
Verb
- Keep busy with
- Live (in a certain place)
- Occupy the whole of
- Be on the mind of
- March aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation
- Require (time or space)
- Consume all of one's attention or time
- Assume, as of positions or roles
Fragment
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Consonant Match
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "occupying".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | modernizing | 4 | 4 |
| 2 | harvesting | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | contacting | 3 | 2 |
| 4 | dominating | 4 | 2 |
| 5 | hardworking | 3 | 1 |
| 6 | nominating | 4 | 1 |
| 7 | oscillating | 4 | 1 |
| 8 | politicking | 4 | 1 |
| 9 | composting | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | copycatting | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | non-banking | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | non-binding | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | non-building | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | nonbanking | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | nonbinding | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | nonbuilding | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | nonsmoking | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | obviating | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | shoplifting | 3 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "occupying".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | occupied | 3 | 36 |
| 2 | occupation | 4 | 24 |
| 3 | occurring | 3 | 21 |
| 4 | occupy | 3 | 16 |
| 5 | coupling | 2 | 9 |
| 6 | accusing | 3 | 8 |
| 7 | accruing | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | focusing | 3 | 6 |
| 9 | occupies | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | occupant | 3 | 4 |
| 11 | grouping | 2 | 4 |
| 12 | occupations | 4 | 3 |
| 13 | outlying | 3 | 2 |
| 14 | copying | 3 | 1 |
| 15 | cuing | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | reoccupy | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | occupier | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | currying | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | clumping | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | nonaccruing | 4 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "occupying" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "occupying" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "occupying" in the same piece of text.
Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "occupying".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | accepting | 3 | 21 |
Results:
Term
Definitions: 8
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 19
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 2
Consonant Matches: 1
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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