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- Dictionarypreoccupied/prēˈäkyəˌpīd/
adjective
- 1. engrossed in thought; distracted: "she seemed a bit preoccupied" Similar
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The meaning of PREOCCUPIED is previously applied to another group and unavailable for use in a new sense —used of a biological generic or specific name. How to use preoccupied in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Preoccupied.
thinking or worrying about something too much: She's been very preoccupied recently because her mother has been very ill. Why is the media so preoccupied with the love lives of politicians? SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Continually thinking about. absorbed. axe. be devoured by something idiom. be hung up on something idiom.
When you're preoccupied, you're completely focused on whatever it is that you're doing. It's good to be preoccupied when you're driving, as long as you're preoccupied with the road and not with your cell phone.
adjective. engrossed or absorbed in something, esp one's own thoughts. already or previously occupied. biology (of a taxonomic name) already used to designate a genus, species, etc.
preoccupied (with something) thinking and/or worrying continuously about something so that you do not pay attention to other things. He was too preoccupied with his own thoughts to notice anything wrong. She seemed preoccupied all the time I was talking to her. We live in a world preoccupied by sport.
1. : to engage or engross the interest or attention of beforehand or preferentially. 2. : to take possession of or fill beforehand or before another. Examples of preoccupy in a Sentence. The question of life after death has preoccupied many philosophers.
thinking or worrying about something too much: She's been very preoccupied recently because her mother has been very ill. Why is the media so preoccupied with the love lives of politicians? SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Continually thinking about. absorbed. axe. be devoured by something idiom. be hung up on something idiom.
