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  • 51busy — 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… …

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  • 52busy — 1. adjective 1) the campaign volunteers have been busy Syn: occupied, engaged, involved, employed, working, hard at work; rushed off one s feet, hard pressed, swamped, up to one s neck; on the job, absorbed, engrossed, immersed, preoccupied;… …

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  • 53busy*/*/*/ — [ˈbɪzi] adj I 1) having a lot of things to do He is an extremely busy man.[/ex] It s been a very busy day.[/ex] We have enough work here to keep us busy for weeks.[/ex] Irina and Marcus were busy with preparations for their wedding.[/ex] We re… …

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  • 54Busy signal — For other uses, see Busy signal (disambiguation). A busy signal (or busy tone or engaged tone) in telephony is an audible or visual signal to the calling party that indicates failure to complete the requested connection of that particular… …

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  • 55busy — I. adjective (busier; est) Etymology: Middle English bisy, from Old English bisig; akin to Middle Dutch & Middle Low German besich busy Date: before 12th century 1. a. engaged in action ; occupied b. being in use < found the telephone busy …

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  • 56Busy Bee — Infobox Airline airline=Busy Bee logo=Busy Bee logo.jpg logo size=200 IATA=BS ICAO=BEE callsign=Busybee parent=Braathens SAFE founded=1966 hubs=Oslo Airport, Fornebu focus cities= frequent flyer= lounge= alliance= fleet size=14 destinations=&#8230; …

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  • 57busy — /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&#8230; …

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  • 58busy — /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&#8230; …

  • 59Busy waiting — In software engineering, busy waiting or spinning is a technique in which a process repeatedly checks to see if a condition is true, such as waiting for keyboard input or waiting for a lock to become available. It can also be used to delay&#8230; …

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  • 60Busy Being Fabulous — Infobox Single Name = Busy Being Fabulous Cover size = Caption = Artist = Eagles Album = Long Road out of Eden Released = Janurary 2008 (U. S.) Format = CD single Recorded = Genre = Soft rock, country rock Length = 4:17 Label = Lost Highway&#8230; …

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