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1 ?person?
2 ?time?
3 ?place?
4 ?telephone?
5 ?pattern?
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[Language: Old English; Origin: bisig]
?PERSON?
if you are busy, you are working hard and have a lot of things to do
::She's busy now - can you phone later?
::a busy mother of four
busy with
::Mr Haynes is busy with a customer at the moment.
busy doing sth
::Rachel's busy studying for her exams.
::There were lots of activities to keep the kids busy .
?TIME?
a busy period of time is full of work or other activities
::December is the busiest time of year for shops.
::a busy day
::He took time out of his busy schedule to visit us.
?PLACE?
a busy place is very full of people or vehicles and movement
::We live on a very busy road .
?TELEPHONE?
especially AmE if a telephone you are calling is busy, it makes a repeated sound to tell you that the person you are calling is talking on their telephone
British Equivalent: engaged
::I called Sonya, but her line was busy.
::I keep getting a busy signal .
?PATTERN?
a pattern or design that is busy is too full of small details - used to show disapproval