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إنجليزي

preoccupy

gb/pɹiˈɑkjəpˌaɪ/ us/pɹiˈɑkjəpˌaɪ/
C1 إنجليزي
المعاني
0 معنى
فعل C1 action
1

fill someone’s mind

If something preoccupies you, you think about it a lot and it is hard to think about other things.

نمط الاستخدام: [something] preoccupies [someone]
غلطة شائعة:
Don’t use it for physically ‘taking a seat/room’; that is usually occupy, not preoccupy.
مرادفات
absorb (More general; can be mental or physical attention.) | engross (Often stronger, suggesting total attention.) | consume (Emphasizes intensity, often worries or emotions.)
أضداد
relieve (To remove a worry or burden, leaving the mind freer.) | unburden (To free someone from something troubling them.)
تراكيب شائعة
be preoccupied with work |be preoccupied with money |be preoccupied with appearance |be preoccupied with the future |be preoccupied with problems |be preoccupied with thoughts |be preoccupied by worries |a preoccupying thought |preoccupy someone's mind |preoccupy someone's thoughts
مواضيع
emotions |mind |daily_life |work
أمثلة
  • The upcoming interview preoccupied her all weekend.
  • He seemed distracted in class, preoccupied by problems at home.
  • Questions about money have preoccupied the team for months.
أمثلة للمتعلمين
  • I was preoccupied with my exam.
  • The news preoccupied him all day.
فعل formal C2 action
2

take over a place first

To take a place before others can.

نمط الاستخدام: [someone] preoccupies [place]
غلطة شائعة:
This meaning is uncommon in everyday English; most of the time, use occupy.
مرادفات
occupy (The common modern verb; does not necessarily imply ‘before others’.) | seize (Stronger; suggests force or sudden action.)
أضداد
vacate (To leave a place so it is no longer occupied.) | abandon (To leave something behind, often permanently.)
تراكيب شائعة
preoccupy a territory |preoccupy a region |preoccupy the land |preoccupy a position |preoccupy a seat
مواضيع
history |politics |law
أمثلة
  • In some accounts, the valley was preoccupied by settlers before the official survey.
  • The group tried to preoccupy key positions along the route before dawn.
القواعد
الصيغة المعجمية
preoccupy
IPA
GB/pɹiˈɑkjəpˌaɪ/
US/pɹiˈɑkjəpˌaɪ/
المقاطع والنبر
pre - oc - cupy (٣ مقاطع)
Stress on 2nd syllable (oc)
تصريفات الكلمة
Verb
  • Base: preoccupy
  • 3rd Person Singular: preoccupies
  • Present Participle: preoccupying
  • Past: preoccupied
عيلة الكلمة
Forms
preoccupies verb preoccupying verb preoccupied verb
Core family
preoccupation noun C1
Related words
occupy verb B1 occupation noun A2 occupant noun B1 occupational adjective B2
Negative and opposite forms
unoccupied adjective B2
Advanced or less common
occupancy noun B2
تعبيرات

be preoccupied with [something]

1
/bˈi pɹiˈɑkjəpˌaɪd wˈɪθ sˈʌmθɪŋ/
fixed phrase

be busy thinking about something

If you are preoccupied with something, you keep thinking about it.

أمثلة
  • She’s been preoccupied with her new job lately.
  • I was so preoccupied with the deadline that I forgot to eat lunch.
  • He looked preoccupied with something, but he wouldn’t say what.
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