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   What does preoccupy mean?

   • Get Word of the Day daily email! The meaning of PREOCCUPY is to engage or engross the interest or attention of beforehand or preferentially. How to use preoccupy in a sentence.

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   What does preocupar mean?

   • preocupar… preocupar… Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! PREOCCUPY definition: 1. to be the main thought in someone's mind, causing other things to be forgotten: 2. to be the…. Learn more.

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   What does completely occupy mean?

   • to engage or occupy (a person's mind etc) or the attention of (someone) completely. His mind was preoccupied with plans for his holiday. völlig in Anspruch nehmen απασχολώ απορροφώ preocupar impensierire geheel in beslag nemen distrahere legge beslag på

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   Why has he been preoccupied lately?

   • He’s been preoccupied lately because of problems at school. For some it was difficult not to "be stuck" or preoccupied with their illness. One might expect it, nonetheless, to include or at least allude to discussion of events that have preoccupied recent historians.

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   Does uncertainty preoccupy a character?

   • Still, the uncertainty didn't appear to preoccupy him. The act of writing preoccupies several stories, but none of them use it as a keyhole to a character quite so effectively. This approach helps to show the range and depth of work they undertook and the things that preoccupied them.

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   Does uncertainty preoccupy us?

   • Unfortunately, there are so many fears that preoccupy us, many that are unfounded. Still, the uncertainty didn't appear to preoccupy him. The act of writing preoccupies several stories, but none of them use it as a keyhole to a character quite so effectively.

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   The meaning of PREOCCUPY is to engage or engross the interest or attention of beforehand or preferentially. How to use preoccupy in a sentence.

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   Preoccupy definition: to absorb or engross to the exclusion of other things.. See examples of PREOCCUPY used in a sentence.

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   1. to engross the thoughts or mind of. 2. to occupy before or in advance of another. [C16: from Latin praeoccupāre to capture in advance, from prae before + occupāre to seize, take possession of]

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   preoccupy. (priɒkjʊpaɪ ) Word forms: preoccupies , preoccupying , preoccupied. verb. If something is preoccupying you, you are thinking about it a lot. Crime and the fear of crime preoccupy the community. [VERB noun] ...the particular issues, problems and theories that preoccupied him. [VERB noun]

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   Things that preoccupy you engross or enthrall you — they suck up all of your attention and energy, sometimes to an unhealthy degree. Your upcoming math test might preoccupy you, making it difficult for you to concentrate in English class.