Be and Occupy

Be

Be verb - Spend or use time.
Usage example: I may be an hour

Occupy and be are semantically related in take topic. In some cases you can use "Occupy" instead a verb "Be".

Occupy

Occupy verb - Occupy the whole of.

Be and occupy are semantically related in take topic. Sometimes you can use "Be" instead a verb "Occupy".

Common collocations

role be role occupy role
body be body occupy body
place be place occupy place
form be form occupy form
Other words: time, level, world.
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