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PREOCCUPY Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
1. to engage or engross the interest or attention of beforehand or preferentially 2. to take possession of or fill beforehand or before another. www.merriam-webster.com
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PREOCCUPY | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
to be the main thought in someone's mind, causing other things to be forgotten. Economic concerns are preoccupying the voters in this election. dictionary.cambridge.org
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Synonyms of preoccupy - Merriam-Webster
to be thought about or worried about by (someone) very often or constantly; The question of life after death has preoccupied many philosophers. www.merriam-webster.com
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preoccupy
preoccupy, v. (priːˈɒkjʊpaɪ) [f. pre- A. 1 + occupy, after L. præoccupāre to seize beforehand. Cf. F. préoccuper (14th c. in Hatz.-Darm.).] 1. trans. To occupy or engage beforehand; to engross to the exclusion of other things; † to prepossess, to bias.1567 Drant Horace, Epist. To Rdr., Amarouse Pamp... Oxford English Dictionary
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preoccupy - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
transitive) To distract; to draw attention elsewhere. [from 16th c.]. en.wiktionary.org
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207 Synonyms & Antonyms for PREOCCUPY | Thesaurus.com
Synonyms for preoccupy include consume, engross, assimilate, comprehend, digest, follow, get, grasp, immerse, incorporate, learn, and monopolize. www.thesaurus.com
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preoccupy
preoccupy/pri:ˈɔkjupaɪ; pri`ɑkjəˌpaɪ/ v(pt, pp -pied) [Tn]engage (sb or his mind, thoughts, etc) so that he cannot think of other things; obsess 占据（某人）思想; 使（某人）心无二用; 迷住 Something seems to be preoccupying her at the moment. 她此刻若有所思. Health worries preoccupied him for the whole holiday. 整个假期里他一直为健康状况而... 牛津英汉双解词典
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PREOCCUPY definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
1. to occupy the thoughts of to the virtual exclusion of other matters; engross; absorb 2. to occupy or take possession of before someone else or beforehand. www.collinsdictionary.com
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preoccupy | definition for kids - Wordsmyth Children's Dictionary
definition 1: to absorb the entire time or attention of. His experiments in the laboratory preoccupied him, and there were many nights when he did not return ... kids.wordsmyth.net
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Preoccupy - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com
preoccupy · verb. engage or engross the interest or attention of beforehand or occupy urgently or obsessively. “His work preoccupies him” · verb. occupy or take ... www.vocabulary.com
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Preoccupy - Etymology, Origin & Meaning
From the 1560s, preoccupy combines pre- "before" + occupy, meaning to engage or engross attention beforehand, often to the exclusion of other things. www.etymonline.com
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preoccupy verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes
Definition of preoccupy verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and ... www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com
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Success (novel)
Themes Success is Amis's first statement of the doppelganger theme that would also preoccupy the novels Money, London Fields, and, especially, 1995's wikipedia.org
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The Dear Departed: Selected Short Stories
Contents Reception Reviewing the book in The Spectator, Wendy Erskine said: "[T]he stories of this collection display the concerns that would preoccupy wikipedia.org
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preoccupied
preoccupied, ppl. a. (priːˈɒkjʊpaɪd) [f. preoccupy v. + -ed1.] Occupied previously. a. Absorbed in thought, abstracted. b. Zool. and Bot. Of a name: already occupied or used for something else.1842 Rep. Brit. Assoc. Adv. Sci. 113 The genus of birds, Plectorhynchus, being preoccupied in Ichthyology, ... Oxford English Dictionary
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