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occupied
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As an adjective, occupied means reserved, engaged. As an interjection, it means used to communicate that a toilet is unavailable.
Meanings of occupied
8 meaningsadjective
Reserved, engaged.
“The stall on the left is occupied.”
Busy, unavailable.
“She is occupied at the moment.”
Subjugated, under the control of a foreign military presence.
“My father travelled to occupied Japan in December 1945.”
Held or filled or in use
“she keeps her time well occupied”
“the wc is occupied”
Seized and controlled as by military invasion
“the occupied countries of Europe”
Resided in; having tenants
“not all the occupied (or tenanted) apartments were well kept up”
Similar: tenantedHaving ones attention or mind or energy engaged
“she keeps herself fully occupied with volunteer activities”
“deeply engaged in conversation”
Similar: engaged
interjection
Used to communicate that a toilet is unavailable.
verb
Simple past tense and past participle of occupy
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).