ocuparse de

ocuparse de
v.
1 to take care of, to deal with, to look after, to address.
Nos ocupamos de la limpieza We take care of the cleaning.
2 to go about, to get about, to attend to, to be concerned with.
Ocuparse de sus negocios Go about one's business
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ocuparse de
verbo pronominal
1 (encargarse de) to take care of; (tratar) to deal with
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to attend, take care of
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(v.) = be concerned with, deal with, indulge in, preoccupy, turn to, concern, take + a turn at, care (about/for), become + engaged (in/with), engage with, see to
Ex. Now we are concerned in this work with the organisation of knowledge and information retrieval in a specific context.
Ex. Part II deals with entry and heading for all types of materials.
Ex. Each library must make policy decisions concerning whether it will indulge in analytical cataloguing.
Ex. Abstracting agencies citation recommendations may be preoccupied with the practices desirable for periodical articles.
Ex. We shall turn to this distinction very shortly.
Ex. The first issue concerns the consistent description of subjects.
Ex. Journeyman printers generally specialized as compositors or pressmen and, although a compositor might on occasion take a turn at the press (especially in a small shop), few pressmen could set type efficiently.
Ex. Many authors, especially since the mid nineteenth century, have cared about the details of their punctuation and have bothered to correct it.
Ex. There is a strong demand for information about Asia as Australia becomes engaged with countries of the Asia-Pacific region.
Ex. In order to overcome isolation and develop a community oriented approach, libraries will need to engage with people.
Ex. They should see to the social reintegration of children who are victims of foreign occupation, anti-personnel mines and sexual abuse.
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(v.) = be concerned with, deal with, indulge in, preoccupy, turn to, concern, take + a turn at, care (about/for), become + engaged (in/with), engage with, see to

Ex: Now we are concerned in this work with the organisation of knowledge and information retrieval in a specific context.

Ex: Part II deals with entry and heading for all types of materials.
Ex: Each library must make policy decisions concerning whether it will indulge in analytical cataloguing.
Ex: Abstracting agencies citation recommendations may be preoccupied with the practices desirable for periodical articles.
Ex: We shall turn to this distinction very shortly.
Ex: The first issue concerns the consistent description of subjects.
Ex: Journeyman printers generally specialized as compositors or pressmen and, although a compositor might on occasion take a turn at the press (especially in a small shop), few pressmen could set type efficiently.
Ex: Many authors, especially since the mid nineteenth century, have cared about the details of their punctuation and have bothered to correct it.
Ex: There is a strong demand for information about Asia as Australia becomes engaged with countries of the Asia-Pacific region.
Ex: In order to overcome isolation and develop a community oriented approach, libraries will need to engage with people.
Ex: They should see to the social reintegration of children who are victims of foreign occupation, anti-personnel mines and sexual abuse.


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