| occult | (adjective) having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding | Synonyms: mysterious, mystic, mystical, orphic, secret |
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| (adjective) hidden and difficult to see | - |
| (noun) supernatural practices and techniques | Synonyms: occult arts |
| (noun) supernatural forces and events and beings collectively | Synonyms: supernatural |
| (verb) hide from view | - |
| (verb) cause an eclipse of (a celestial body) by intervention | Synonyms: eclipse |
| (verb) become concealed or hidden from view or have its light extinguished | - |
| occultation | (noun) one celestial body obscures another | Synonyms: eclipse |
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| occultism | (noun) a belief in supernatural powers and the possibility of bringing them under human control | - |
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| (noun) the study of the supernatural | - |
| occultist | (noun) a believer in occultism; someone versed in the occult arts | - |
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| occupancy | (noun) an act of being a tenant or occupant | Synonyms: tenancy |
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| (noun) the act of occupying or taking possession of a building | Synonyms: moving in, occupation |
| occupant | (noun) someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there | Synonyms: occupier, resident |
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| occupation | (noun) the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money | Synonyms: business, job, line, line of work |
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| (noun) the act of occupying or taking possession of a building | Synonyms: moving in, occupancy |
| (noun) the control of a country by military forces of a foreign power | Synonyms: military control |
| (noun) any activity that occupies a person's attention | - |
| (noun) the period of time during which a place or position or nation is occupied | - |
| occupational | (adjective) of or relating to the activity or business for which you are trained | - |
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| occupied | (adjective) held or filled or in use | - |
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| (adjective) seized and controlled as by military invasion | - |
| (adjective) having ones attention or mind or energy engaged | Synonyms: engaged |
| (adjective) resided in; having tenants | Synonyms: tenanted |
| occupier | (noun) someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there | Synonyms: occupant, resident |
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| (noun) a member of a military force who is residing in a conquered foreign country | - |
| occupy | (verb) consume all of one's attention or time | Synonyms: absorb, engage, engross |
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| (verb) march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation | Synonyms: invade |
| (verb) require (time or space) | Synonyms: take, use up |
| (verb) keep busy with | Synonyms: busy |
| (verb) assume, as of positions or roles | Synonyms: fill, take |
| (verb) live (in a certain place) | Synonyms: lodge in, reside |
| (verb) occupy the whole of | Synonyms: fill |
| (verb) be on the mind of | Synonyms: concern, interest, worry |
| occur | (verb) come to pass | Synonyms: come about, fall out, go on, hap, happen, pass, pass off, take place |
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| (verb) come to one's mind; suggest itself | Synonyms: come |
| (verb) to be found to exist | - |
| occurrence | (noun) an event that happens | Synonyms: happening, natural event, occurrent |
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| (noun) an instance of something occurring | - |
| occurrent | (adjective) presently occurring (either causally or incidentally) | - |
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| (noun) an event that happens | Synonyms: happening, natural event, occurrence |