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• busy — bus‧y [ˈbɪzi] adjective 1. a telephone that is busy is being used; = engaged Bre 2. someone who is busy is working and is not available: • Mr Bullon is busy right now can you phone back after lunch? busy with • I ve been busy with customers all… …   Financial and business terms

• with tongue in cheek — (with) tongue in cheek in a way that is not serious, although it appears to be. Karl explained, tongue in cheek, that he was busy with housecleaning …   New idioms dictionary

• busy — bus|y1 [ bızi ] adjective *** 1. ) having many things to do: The parents of young children are always busy. a busy doctor He is an extremely busy man. busy with: Irina and Marcus were busy with preparations for their wedding. a ) not able to do a …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• busy — 1 / bIzi/ adjective 1 WORKING NOW someone who is busy at a particular time is working and is not available: She s busy now, can you phone later? (+ with): Mr Haynes is busy with a customer at the moment. 2 busy doing sth giving something a lot of …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• busy — I UK [ˈbɪzɪ] / US adjective Word forms busy : adjective busy comparative busier superlative busiest *** Metaphor: Being very busy at work is like being covered with things or surrounded by something such as water or the ground, so that you cannot …   English dictionary

• busy — bus|y1 W2S1 [ˈbızi] adj comparative busier superlative busiest ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(person)¦ 2¦(time)¦ 3¦(place)¦ 4¦(telephone)¦ 5¦(pattern)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [: Old English; Origin: bisig] 1.) …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• busy — [[t]bɪ̱zi[/t]] ♦♦♦ busier, busiest, busies, busying, busied 1) ADJ GRADED 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… …   English dictionary

• busy — I adj. 1) busy at, with (the children were busy with their homework) 2) to be busy doing smt. (she was busy getting dinner ready) 3) to keep smb. busy II v. (d; refl.) to busy by, with (he busied himself with various jobs) * * * [ bɪzɪ] with (he… …   Combinatory dictionary

• busy — adj., v., & n. adj. (busier, busiest) 1 (often foll. by in, with, at, or pres. part.) occupied or engaged in work etc. with the attention concentrated (busy at their needlework; he was busy packing). 2 full of activity or detail; fussy (a busy… …   Useful english dictionary

• busy — /biz ee/, adj., busier, busiest, v., busied, busying. adj. 1. actively and attentively engaged in work or a pastime: busy with her work. 2. not at leisure; otherwise engaged: He couldn t see any visitors because he was busy. 3. full of or… …   Universalium

• busy — /ˈbɪzi / (say bizee) adjective (busier, busiest) 1. actively and attentively engaged: busy with his work. 2. not at leisure; otherwise engaged. 3. full of or characterised by activity. 4. officious; meddlesome; prying. 5. Chiefly US → engaged… …