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Definition: Busy |
BusyAdjective1. Actively or fully engaged or occupied; "busy with her work"; "a busy man"; "too busy to eat lunch"; "the line is busy". 2. Overcrowded or cluttered with detail; "a busy painting"; "a fussy design". 3. Intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner; "an interfering old woman"; "bustling about self-importantly making an officious nuisance of himself"; "busy about other people's business". 4. Crowded with or characterized by much activity; "a very busy week"; "a busy life"; "a busy street"; "a busy seaport". 5. (of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; (`engaged' is a British term for a busy telephone line); "her line is busy"; "receptionists' telephones are always engaged"; "the lavatory is in use"; "kept getting a busy signal". Verb1. Keep busy with; "She busies herself with her butterfly collection". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "busy" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references) |
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Post & Telecom | Condition of a line or of a piece of apparatus when it is in use, or has been rendered unavailable for traffic. Source: European Union. (references) |
Slang in 1811 | BUSY. As busy is the devil in a high wind; as busy as a hen with one chick. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
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Synonyms: BusySynonyms: busybodied (adj), engaged (adj), fussy (adj), in use(p) (adj), interfering (adj), meddlesome (adj), meddling (adj), officious (adj), occupy (v). (additional references) |
| Antonym: idle (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Activity | Verb: be active; Adjective: busy oneself in; stir, stir about, stir one's stumps; bestir oneself, rouse oneself; speed, hasten, peg away, lay about one, bustle, fuss; raise up, kick up a dust; push; make a push, make a fuss, make a stir; go ahead, push forward; fight one's way, elbow one's way; make progress; toll; (labor); plod, persist; (persevere) a; keep up the ball, keep the pot boiling. |
Press of business, no sinecure, plenty to do, many irons in the fire, great doings, busy hum of men, battle of life, thick of the action. | |
Phrase: carpe diem; (opportunity); nulla dies sine linea; nec mora nec requies; the plot thickens; No sooner said than done; (early); "veni vidi vici"; catch a weasel asleep; abends wird der Faule fleissig; dictum ac factum; schwere Arbeit in der Jugend ist sanfte Ruhe im Alter; "the busy hum of men ". | |
Housewife, busy bee; new brooms; sharp fellow, sharp blade; devotee, enthusiast, zealot, meddler, intermeddler, intriguer, busybody, pickthank; hummer, hustler, live man, rustler. | |
Have many irons in the fire, have one's hands full, have much on one's hands; have other things to do, have other fish to fry; be busy; not have a moment to spare, not have a moment that one can call one's own. | |
Busy, occupied; hard at work, hard at it; up to one's ears in, full of business, busy as a bee, busy as a one-armed paperhanger. | |
Bustling; restless, restless as a hyena; fussy, fidgety, pottering; busy, busy as hen with one chicken. | |
Business | Adjective: businesslike; workaday; professional; official, functional; busy; (actively employed); on hand, in hand, in one's hands; afoot; on foot, on the anvil; going on; acting. |
Inactivity | Phrase: the eyes begin to draw straws; "bankrupt of life yet prodigal of ease"; " better years of Europe than a cycle of Cathay"; "idly busy rolls their world away "; "the mystery of folded sleep"; "the timely dew of sleep"; "thou driftest gently down the tides of sleep"; "tired Nature's sweet restorer, balmy sleep". |
Untimeliness | Verb: be ill timed; Adjective: mistime, intrude, come amiss, break in upon; have other fish to fry; be busy, be occupied. |
Waste | Phrase: magno conatu magnas nugas; le jeu ne vaut pas la chandelle; " idly busy rolls their world away ". |
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Screenplays | You've had a really busy week (While You Were Sleeping; writing credit: Daniel G. Sullivan and Fredric LeBow.) No. You're too busy being a smart aleck to be thinkin' (Mulholland Dr.; writing credit: David Lynch) No. It's because the other team's too busy staring at the pin stripes (Catch Me If You Can; writing credit: Frank Abagnale Jr.; Stan Redding) Either get busy living, or get busy dying (Shawshank Redemption; writing credit: Frank Darabont) He's been quite a busy bastard that Turkish (Snatch.; writing credit: Guy Ritchie) | |
Lyrics | Get Busy Child (Busy Child; performing artist: CRYSTAL METHOD) Woman get busy (Get Busy; performing artist: SEAN PAUL) The pilot is too busy flirtin' (Clockwork Creep; performing artist: 10CC) He was busy as a busy bee. (Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy; performing artist: Bette Midler) You say that you're too busy (What About Us?; performing artist: Brandy) | |
Clever | If you want something done, ask someone who is busy! (references; author: unknown) Of course I don't look busy. I did it right the first time. (references; author: unknown) People are never too busy to tell you all that they have to do. (references; author: unknown) It is not how busy you are, but why you are busy. The bee is praised; the mosquito is swatted. (references; author: unknown) | |
Tongue Twisters | The fuzzy bee buzzed the buzzy busy beehive. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Line Is Busy (1969) Busy Buddies (1960) The Lion's Busy (1950) Busy Buddies (1944) A Busy Day (1940) | |
Song Titles | Too Busy Thinking About My Baby (performing artist: Marvin Gaye) Get Busy (performing artist: SEAN PAUL) | |
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 | A busy Northwest Cape beach looking southwest towards the Indian Ocean. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |  | A VERY busy Northwest Cape beach with one person. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
 | Contact station at La Posa Long Term Visitor Area (LTVA) during the busy winter season. Credit: Lori Cook. |  | Busy summer weekend at Senator Wash Recreation Area. Credit: Lori Cook. |
 | [A busy RSD/PSD reading room]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | [View of the busy harbor of Santiago de Cuba]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | In a few minutes they were busy with the game. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Up in his loft, old Boone was busy on a figurehead. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Wouldn't it peeve you if -- you had carefully obfuscated a jinx and then found it alive and busy later?. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Too busy to take sides. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Busy bee" by Barry McCabe Commentary: "Macro shot taken while walking thru local park." | "Busy sign" by Kd Kelly Commentary: "Looking up at part of a sign (if you use this i'd love to hear from you -- thanks)." |
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| Play | Caption | Play | Caption |
 | Obsessively busy accompaniment to an active flight dominated sounds excerpt. | | Busy signal. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Geoffrey Chaucer | Nowhere so busy a man as he than he, and yet he seemed busier than he was. |
Hazlitt | The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are, the more leisure we have. |
Horace | Youth is unduly busy with pampering the outer person. |
Hosea Ballou | Error is always more busy than truth. |
John Kenneth Galbraith | In the choice between changing one's mind and proving there's no need to do so, most people get busy on the proof. |
Lord Byron | The busy have no time for tears. |
Ralph Waldo Emerson | Too busy with the crowded hour to fear to live or die. |
Samuel Johnson | As peace is the end of war, so to be idle is the ultimate purpose of the busy. |
St. Francis De Sales | While I am busy with little things, I am not required to do greater things. |
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John Locke | 1690 | Nor let any one say, that mischief can arise from hence, as often as it shall please a busy head, or turbulent spirit, to desire the alteration of the government. (Second Treatise of Government) |
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Emma | Austen, Jane | Busy as he was, however, the young man was yet able to shew a most happy countenance on seeing Emma again |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | Among those who promoted the design, Governor Bellingham was said to be one of the most busy. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | He was busy with his great work on Duty, which unfortunately is left incomplete |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | Before the fire an old woman was busy making tea and, as she bustled at her task, she told in a low voice of what the priest and the doctor had said |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | His hands, clasped about his knees, were busy pulling knuckles |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | I do not wish to be any more busy with my hands than is necessary |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Others stay busy with activities that are not of a physical nature. (references) | |
Because the ER is so busy, less seriously ill patients may have to wait before they are seen by an emergency medical technician, nurse, or doctor. (references) | ||
My grandmother, however, was busy and active her whole life. Once I talk to my doctor and decide how to handle my menopause symptoms, what else do I need to do to stay healthy? Certainly there are things that I can do to ensure good health as I get older. (references) | ||
Business | So highly popular is basketball that it is not uncommon to see makeshift basketball courts in streets of busy neighborhoods. (references) | |
A number of software stores and wholesalers have opened in busy shopping malls, bypassing dealerships and therefore lowering costs. (references) | ||
One busy dental clinic reports that a recent survey revealed that 60% of patients came through referrals from friends and relatives. (references) | ||
Economic History | Uae | UPS has a busy global hub and Lufthansa uses Sharjah as its Middle East hub. (references) |
Tunisia | TO SERVICE THE BUSY REGION BETWEEN TUNIS AND THE COASTAL TOURIST REGION AROUND HAMMAMET AND SOUSSE. (references) | |
Bahrain | A modern, busy port offers direct and frequent cargo shipping connections to the U.S., Europe, and the Far East. (references) | |
Human Rights | India | On July 25, Parthapratim Roy Burman, the owner of one of Calcutta's leading shoe manufacturers, was kidnaped from a busy locality in the middle of the day. (references) |
Mexico | However, human rights groups have complained that many hearings take place in busy judicial offices where the public generally must stand at a distance and often cannot hear the proceedings well. (references) | |
Travel | Botswana | Renting a car is recommended if you have a busy appointment schedule in Gaborone. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | CLOCK, n. A machine of great moral value to man, allaying his concern for the future by reminding him what a lot of time remains to him. A busy man complained one day: "I get no time!" "What's that you say?" Cried out his friend, a lazy quiz; "You have, sir, all the time there is. There's plenty, too, and don't you doubt it -- We're never for an hour without it." Purzil Crofe |
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Prince Albert of Monaco | Stephanie is doing great. She's also busy being a mom, and she's done incredibly well with that. And it's hard for her to raise kids on her own. |
Ronald Reagan | Well, I get notes and I get calls and so forth to a certain extent, but having been there I understand also that you're so busy in a thing of that kind that you can't be doling out information all the time on everything that comes up. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | I am busy, currently, reviewing the structure of the entire executive branch of this Government. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | We've got to take the time after a busy day to sit down and read with our kids, help them with their homework, pass along the values we had as children. |
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| "Busy" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 95.36% of the time. "Busy" is used about 5,123 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 95.36% | 4,885 | 2,003 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 4.04% | 207 | 21,147 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 0.6% | 31 | 62,296 |
| Total | 100.00% | 5,123 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
1. Busy, KY |
Expressions using "busy": a busy day ♦ a busy time ♦ all trunks busy ♦ all trunks busy signal ♦ attendant dss with busy lamp field ♦ be busy ♦ be busy doing smth. ♦ be busy writing ♦ be very busy ♦ bouncing busy hour ♦ busy as a bee ♦ busy as hen with one chicken ♦ busy Beaver ♦ busy bee ♦ busy body ♦ busy hour ♦ busy hours ♦ busy hum of men ♦ busy in ♦ busy line ♦ busy oneself ♦ busy oneself doing smth. ♦ busy oneself with ♦ busy override ♦ busy signal ♦ busy study ♦ busy time ♦ busy tone ♦ camped on free or busy station ♦ completion of calls to busy subscribers ♦ get busy ♦ keep busy ♦ line busy tone ♦ line is busy ♦ make busy ♦ network determined user busy ♦ number of busy seize attempts ♦ peak busy hour ♦ post selected busy hour ♦ slow busy ♦ telephone busy signal ♦ the line is busy ♦ very busy. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "busy": busy-armed, busy-bodies, busy-body, busy-busy, busy-flash, busy-ish, busy-lizzies, busy-loop, busy-ness, busy-seeming, busy-wait, busy-work. | |
Ending with "busy": busy-busy, over-busy. | |
Containing "busy": rich-busy-man. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "busy"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | besig (engaged, occupied, taken), beset (engaged, occupied, pregnant, taken, with young). (various references) | |
Albanian | zë me punë, i zënë (caught, closed, engaged, foul, occupied), i gjallë (above ground, alive, animate, animated, breathing, brisk, buckish, buoyant, canty, colorful, colourful, crude, dapper, dashing, dynamic, elastic, erect, fresh, frisky, glowing, graphic, graphical, green, humming, intense, jocund, keen, larky, live, lively, living, mercurial, nimble, noisy, perky, pert, picturesque, playful, poignant, quick, raw, red blooded, saucy, skittish, smart, snappy, spirited, sprightly, spry, uncooked, vital, vivacious, vivid), angazhoj (book, engage, recruit, sign). (various references) | |
Arabic | فضولي (busybody, curious, inquisitive, intrusive, meddlesome, nosy, obtrusive, officious, prying), متصل الحركة, معقد (complicate, complicated, convoluted, deep, difficult, doctrinarian, entangled, inextricable, intricacy, intricate, invalid, involute, knotted, knotty, nasty, perplexing, snarled, sophisticated, tangled, tangly, tricky), مشغول (engaged, occupied, working), ناشط (active, alive, brisk, furious, kinetic, pragmatic, smart, stirring, vivid), إنشغل (be wrapped up, preoccupy), شغل (activate, carry out, employ, engage, fill, hold, job, occupation, operate, pop on, power, run, switch on, task, turn on, work). (various references) | |
Bavarian | bsetzt (engaged, occupied, taken). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | занимавам се (concern, employ oneself, exercise, pursue, work), зает (concerned, engaged, full, hired, occupied, wrapped up), заангажирвам (commit), деен (active, positive, stirring, vigorous). (various references) | |
Chinese | 繁忙 (bustling). (various references) | |
Czech | zaneprázdnìný, zamìstnaný (business, employed), silnì frekventovaný, rušný (bustling, eventful, hectic), příliš horlivý (officious, overzealous), obsazený (engaged, occupied). (various references) | |
Danish | optaget. (various references) | |
Dutch | bezet (engaged, occupied, taken), druk (adroit, agile, alert, brisk, edition, keen, pressure, print). (various references) | |
Esperanto | okupita, okupata, multokupita. (various references) | |
Farsi | مشغول کردن (Amuse, Employ), مشغول (At, Engross), شلوغ (Messy, Noise, Tumult, Unquiet), دست بکار. (various references) | |
Finnish | vilkasliikenteinen (crowded), vilkas (active, animated, lively, springhtly, vivacious, vivid), varattu (reserved), työntäyteinen, touhukas (bustling, officious), toimekas (active, enterprising), puuhakas (active, enterprising), puuha (active, enterprising), hommakas (active), ahkera (diligent, hardworking, hard-working, industrious, studious). (various references) | |
French | occupé. (various references) | |
Frisian | beset (engaged, occupied, taken). (various references) | |
German | besetzt (being used, booked, engaged, full, manned, occupied, occupies, taken), belegt (allocates, engaged, furred, furry, hoarse, husky, loaded, no vacancies, occupied, overlays, reserved, used), beschäftigt (busily, employed, employs, engaged, intent, intently, occupied, preoccupied), geschäftig (active, assiduous, bustling, hardworking, industrious, zealous), emsig (assiduous, bustling, diligent, eager, hardworking, industrious, keen, sedulous, zealous, zealously). (various references) | |
Greek | κατειλημμένος (occupied), με πολλή κίνηση, απασχολώ (employ, engross, occupy, preoccupy), απασχολημένοσ, απασχολημένος (occupied, preoccupied). (various references) | |
Hebrew | תפוס (absorbed, engaged, occupied, reserved), עסוק (business, employment, engaged, engagement, job, occupation, occupied, pursuit, walks of life), עסקני, טרוד (occupied, troubled). (various references) | |
Hungarian | elfoglalt (engaged, engrossed, occupied, to be swamped, to be tied up). (various references) | |
Indonesian | sibuk (dither), repot, ramai (clamorous). (various references) | |
Irish | gnóthach, gnóthaí. (various references) | |
Italian | occupato (employed, engaged, occupied, occupies, taken). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 慌ただしい (confused, flurried, hurried), 多忙 (pressure of work), 忙しい. (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | たぼう (pressure of work, promising), たよう (diversity, make use of many different things, variety), おはなしちゅう, ビジー , にぎやか (bustling), せわしい (irritated), いそがしい (irritated), あわただしい (confused, flurried, hurried), はんぼう (pressure of business). (various references) | |
Korean | 바쁜. (various references) | |
Manx | throng (harassed, hard-pressed, tied up, tied up busy), tarroogh (engaged, industrious, thrifty), stret (pressed), preissal, chionn (austere, delicate, erect, erect as penis, fast, firm, firmly, hard-pressed, hardy, inflated, speedy, stiff, stuck fast, taut, tense, tight-fitting). (various references) | |
Norwegian | opptatt (engaged, occupied, taken). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | usybay.(various references) | |
Polish | zajęty (engaged, occupied, taken). (various references) | |
Portuguese | ocupado (abuzz, devastated, engaged, occupied). (various references) | |
Romanian | sâcâitor (annoying, dragging, fussy, naggy, pestering, trying, worrying), preocupat (engrossed, preoccupied, solicitous, thoughtful), ocupat (conquered, employed, engaged, occupied, rapt, seized, taken), ocupa (absorb, come into, conquer, do, engage, fill, hold, indwell, make good, occupy, take), harnic (active, busily, diligent, diligently, hard working, hardworking, industrious, industriously, light footed, living, operose, sedulous, spry, toilsome), greu (annoying, arduous, awkward, burden, burdensome, clumsy, dangerously, difficult, difficulty, fatiguing, gravely, grievous, hard, hardly, heavily, heavy, inconvenient, labored, laborious, laboured, leaden, lot, massive, massy, near, onerous, oppressive, painful, parlous, precarious, punitive, reluctantly, scarcely, seriously, severe, solid, stiff, stodgy, stolid, strenuous, stuffy, ticklish, toilful, tough, troublesome, trying, uneasy, uphill, wearisome, weary, weight, weighty), da de lucru cuiva, aglomerat (agglomerate, congested, crowded, packed, thronged), activ (acting, active, actively, afoot, aggressive, agile, alive, assets, bouncing, brisk, dapper, diligent, dynamic, efficient, energetic, fierce, go ahead, industrious, living, operative, pragmatic, quick, regular, spry), încãrcat (alive, close, foul, heavy, inflated, laden, loaded, luscious, painty, strained). (various references) | |
Russian | оживленный (animated, brisk, buoyant demand, cheery, jolly, lively, much bucked, sparky, spirited, sprightly, vibrant, vivacious), занятый (busy with, engaged, occupied), занятой, заниматься (attend, be engaged in, concern ~ with, engage, engage in, engage in the, follow, go in for, ply, practise, pursue, stick with, study), занимать (borrow, engage, occupies, occupy, take up), давать работу. (various references) | |
Scottish | trang. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | zauzet (engaged, reserved, taken), užurban (bustling, hasty, hurried, hurry), prometan, majati se (bustle about), čeprkati (poke about, putter, rummage). (various references) | |
Shona | -ita bishi (to be busy). (various references) | |
Spanish | ocupado (abuzz, engaged, kept, lined, occupied, taken). (various references) | |
Swedish | upptagen (engaged, occupied, preoccupied, reserved), sysselsätta (employ, engage, occupy), beskäftig (fussy, meddlesome, officious, self-important). (various references) | |
Turkish | yoğun (compact, concentrated, crash, dense, gross, hectic, intense, intensive, peasoupy, rich, rush hour, stiff, thick, turbid), meşgul (concerned, engaged, engrossed, full, intent, occupied, up and doing), işlek (frequented, in service, much used, running, traveled, travelled), faal (active, energetic, full of action, on the go, operative, rousing, spry, strenuous, up and doing). (various references) | |
Turkmen | baюagaя (vain), meюgul (occupied), iюli. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | напружливий, надокучливий (boring, interfering, intrusive, officious, shrill, tiresome, wearisome), зайнятий (booked, concerned, conversant, engaged, in work, occupied), діяльний (abuzz, active, deedful, humming, omnific, operose, rash, stirring). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | bận; có lắm việc náo nhiệt, bận rộn (busily), mật thám (bull, cop, copper, informer, lurcher, nark, pig), đông đúc đang bận. (various references) | |
Welsh | prysur (diligent, hasty, serious), amrygyr (restless). (various references) | |
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| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | adstrictos, adstrictus, fervens, fervente, ferventes, ferventis, ferverunt, fervet. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | bysig. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | 1 Kings Chapter 20, Verse 40 |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Dum autem ego turbatus huc illucque me verterem subito non conparuit et ait rex Israhel ad eum hoc est iudicium tuum quod ipse decrevisti |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Forsothe while Y disturblid hidir and thidyr turnede me, feerly he aperide not. And the kyng of Yrael seith to hym, This is thi dome that thi self hast demyd. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king of Israel said unto him, So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decided it. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king of Israel said to him, So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decided it. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | But while your servant was turning this way and that, he was gone. Then the king of Israel said to him, You are responsible; you have given the decision against yourself. |
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| Language | 1 Kings Chapter 20, Verse 40 |
| Cebuano | Ug sanglit ang imong ulipon nalingaw dinhi ug didto, siya milakaw. Ug ang hari sa Israel miingon kaniya: Sa ingon niana ang imong paghukom; sa imong kaugalingon ikaw makatino niana. |
| Croatian | I dok je tvoj sluga radio ovdje-ondje, njega je nestalo." Tada mu reèe kralj Izraela: "Eto ti presude! Sam si je izrekao!" |
| Danish | Men din Træl var optaget snart her, snart der, og borte var han." Da sagde Israels Konge til ham: "Det er din Dom, du har selv fældet den!" |
| Dutch | Het geschiedde nu, als uw knecht hier en daar doende was, dat hij er niet was. Toen zeide de koning van Israel tot hem: Zo is uw oordeel; gij hebt zelf het geveld. |
| Finnish | Palvelijallasi oli tehtävää siellä ja täällä, ja sitten ei miestä enää ollut." Israelin kuningas sanoi hänelle: "Tuomiosi on siis se; sinä olet itse julistanut sen". |
| French | Et pendant que ton serviteur agissait çà et là, l`homme a disparu. Le roi d`Israël lui dit: C`est là ton jugement; tu l`as prononcé toi-même. |
| German | Und da dein Knecht hier und da zu tun hatte, war der nicht mehr da. Der König Israels sprach zu ihm: Das ist dein Urteil; du hast es selbst gefällt. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Tetapi kemudian ketika saya sedang sibuk, orang itu melarikan diri." Raja menjawab, "Engkau sudah menjatuhkan hukumanmu sendiri. Kau harus menanggungnya." |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka sesungguhnya sementara patik tuanku ini masygul dalam barang sesuatu pekerjaan, bahwa orang itu tiada lagi. Maka titah baginda raja orang Israel: Inilah pehukumanmu; engkau sendiri yang telah memutuskannya. |
| Italian | Mentre il tuo servo era occupato qua e là, quegli scomparve». Il re di Israele disse a lui: «La tua condanna è giusta; l'hai proferita tu stesso!». |
| Maori | A, i tau pononga e mea noa ana i tenei mea, i tera mea, kua riro tera. Na ka mea te kingi o Iharaira ki a ia, Me pena te tikanga mou; kua tika mai na i a koe. |
| Norwegian | Men din tjener hadde noget å gjøre her og der, og så blev mannen borte. Da sa Israels konge til ham: Du har din dom; du har selv felt den. |
| Portuguese | E estando o teu servo ocupado de uma e de outra parte, eis que o homem desapareceu. Ao que lhe respondeu o rei de Israel: Esta é a tua sentença; tu mesmo a pronunciaste. |
| Rumanian | Wi pe cknd robul tqu fqcea ckte ceva kncoace wi kncolo, omul s`a fqcut nevqzut.`` Kmpqratul lui Israel i -a zis: ,,Aceasta kyi este osknda; tu knsuyi ai rostit -o.`` |
| Swedish | Nu hände sig, under det din tjänare hade att syssla än här än där, att mannen kom undan." Israels konung sade till honom: "Din dom är given; du har ju själv avkunnat den." |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "busy": busybodies, busybody, busying, busyness, busynesses, busywork, busyworks. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "busy": overbusy, unbusy. (additional references) | |
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"Busy" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: bassy, Baussy, bauys, beesy, besi, bessy, besy, Bhsi, Bisi, bissy, bizzy, bks, blusty, bobsy, bopsy, botsy, bozy, brusky, bsy, buay, budy, buey, bugsy, buisy, buky, bursy, buse, Busey, busi, busie, buso, Bussi, bussy, buudy, buzby, buzi, Buzu, buzy, buzzy, jusy, susy, ussy, usy, xbus, Zusya. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "busy" (pronounced bi"zē) |
| 3 | -i" z ē | dizzy, tizzy. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: buys. | |
| Words within the letters "b-s-u-y" | |
-1 letter: bus, buy, bys, sub. | |
-2 letters: by, us. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-s-u-y" | |
+1 letter: bousy, buoys, busby, bushy, busty, fubsy. | |
+2 letters: bayous, blousy, bluesy, blueys, brushy, bunyas, busboy, busily, butyls, buyers, byssus, rebuys, snubby, stubby, suably, subtly, subway, unbusy, usably. | |
+3 letters: bugeyes, burleys, bursary, busboys, bushily, busying, buyouts, dybbuks, fusibly, hushaby, maybush, obsequy, outbuys, paystub, rud< | |
