Busy and Participate

Busy

Busy verb - To hold the attention of.

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Participate and busy are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Participate" instead a verb "Busy".

Nearby Words: busily, busyness, busied, busying

Participate verb - To take a share or part.

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Busy and participate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Busy" instead a verb "Participate".

help	busy help	participate help
people	busy people	participate people
family	busy family	participate family
time	busy time	participate time
Other words: fighting, times, peter, roles.

He's the official world martial arts champion (a title he got because Goku and his friends were too busy saving the world to participate in the tournament) and incredibly arrogant about it.

Source: Arrogant Kung-Fu Guy
This has the double effect of making Taura more presentable for the wedding and keeps Alys busy enough that she isn't able to participate in the wedding planning.

Source: Literature / Vorkosigan Saga aka: Komarr
The Swedish comedian group Varan TV made a sketch about a family who didn't let their son go to school, because that would take time from their busy schedule of teaching him ninjutsu so he could participate in junior leagues of UFC.

Source: Sacrificed Basic Skill for Awesome Training

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