busy, industrious, diligent, assiduous, sedulous mean actively engaged or occupied. busy chiefly stresses activity as opposed to idleness or leisure.
- actively and attentively engaged, esp. in work. 2. not at leisure; otherwise engaged: He's busy and can't see you. 3. full of activity: a busy life. 4. (of a telephone line) in use. 5. meddlesome; prying.
When you are busy, you are working hard or concentrating on a task, so that you are not free to do anything else. What is it? I'm busy. They are busy preparing for a hectic day's activity on Saturday.
busy (third-person singular simple present busies, present participle busying, simple past and past participle busied) (transitive, usually reflexive) To make somebody busy or active; to occupy.
Dennis had a very busy schedule with all of these commitments. busy road For this reason, start by choosing a relatively quiet environment rather than a busy road.
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Busy refers to a state of being actively engaged or occupied with tasks, work, or other activities. It often implies having a lot of tasks to complete or things to do, leading to a limited amount of free or leisure time.
BUSY definition: actively and attentively engaged in work or a pastime. See examples of busy used in a sentence.
Definition of busy adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
If you are busy, you are doing something and not available to do something else. I'm sorry, I'm busy on Monday. Can we get together on Wednesday? I'm too busy to go to the movies. The doctor's busy with another emergency. We need something to keep the kids busy in the car.
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