preoccupy
gb/pɹiˈɑkjəpˌaɪ/ us/pɹiˈɑkjəpˌaɪ/
C1
ইংরেজি
foglalkoztat, elfoglal
ক্রিয়া
C1
1
foglalkoztat
B1
ব্যবহারের ধরন:
[something] preoccupies [someone]
The upcoming interview preoccupied her all weekend.
A közelgő állásinterjú egész hétvégén foglalkoztatta.
He seemed distracted in class, preoccupied by problems at home.
Szétszórtnak tűnt az órán, mert az otthoni problémák foglalkoztatták.
Questions about money have preoccupied the team for months.
শিক্ষার্থীদের জন্য উদাহরণ
I was preoccupied with my exam.
A vizsgám foglalkoztatott.
The news preoccupied him all day.
A hír egész nap foglalkoztatta.
সাধারণ ভুল:
Don’t use it for physically ‘taking a seat/room’; that is usually occupy, not preoccupy.
অর্থ
fill someone’s mind
কলোকেশন
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
সমার্থক শব্দ
absorb (More general; can be mental or physical attention.)
|
engross (Often stronger, suggesting total attention.)
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consume (Emphasizes intensity, often worries or emotions.)
বিপরীতার্থক শব্দ
relieve (To remove a worry or burden, leaving the mind freer.)
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unburden (To free someone from something troubling them.)
বিষয়
emotions
|mind
|daily_life
|work
সংজ্ঞা
If something preoccupies you, you think about it a lot and it is hard to think about other things.
To fill someone’s thoughts or attention so much that they have little room to think about anything else.
ক্রিয়া
C2
FORMAL
2
elfoglal
A2
ব্যবহারের ধরন:
[someone] preoccupies [place]
In some accounts, the valley was preoccupied by settlers before the official survey.
Egyes beszámolók szerint a völgyet már a hivatalos felmérés előtt telepesek foglalták el.
The group tried to preoccupy key positions along the route before dawn.
A csoport hajnal előtt megpróbálta elfoglalni az útvonal menti kulcsfontosságú pontokat.
সাধারণ ভুল:
This meaning is uncommon in everyday English; most of the time, use occupy.
অর্থ
take over a place first
কলোকেশন
preoccupy a territory
|preoccupy a region
|preoccupy the land
|preoccupy a position
|preoccupy a seat
সমার্থক শব্দ
occupy (The common modern verb; does not necessarily imply ‘before others’.)
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seize (Stronger; suggests force or sudden action.)
বিপরীতার্থক শব্দ
vacate (To leave a place so it is no longer occupied.)
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abandon (To leave something behind, often permanently.)
বিষয়
history
|politics
|law
সংজ্ঞা
To take a place before others can.
To occupy or take possession of a place before someone else does.
ব্যাকরণ
অভিধানিক রূপ
preoccupy
IPA
GB/pɹiˈɑkjəpˌaɪ/
US/pɹiˈɑkjəpˌaɪ/
শব্দাংশ ও জোর
pre - oc - cupy (৩টি শব্দাংশ)
Stress on 2nd syllable (oc)
শব্দরূপ
Verb
- Base: preoccupy
- 3rd Person Singular: preoccupies
- Present Participle: preoccupying
- Past: preoccupied
সম্পর্কিত শব্দ
Forms
preoccupies
verb
preoccupying
verb
preoccupied
verb
Core family
preoccupation
noun C1
Related words
Negative and opposite forms
unoccupied
adjective B2
Advanced or less common
occupancy
noun B2
অভিব্যক্তি
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.
উদাহরণ
- 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.
শিক্ষার্থীদের জন্য উদাহরণ
- He is preoccupied with work.
- I am preoccupied with my homework.