preoccupy
gb/pɹiˈɑkjəpˌaɪ/ us/pɹiˈɑkjəpˌaɪ/
C1
אנגלית
foglalkoztat, elfoglal
פועל
C1
1
foglalkoztat
B1
תבנית שימוש:
[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.
דוגמאות ללומדים
I was preoccupied with my exam.
A vizsgám foglalkoztatott.
The news preoccupied him all day.
A hír egész nap foglalkoztatta.
טעות נפוצה:
Don’t use it for physically ‘taking a seat/room’; that is usually occupy, not preoccupy.
משמעות
fill someone’s mind
צירופים
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
מילים נרדפות
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.)
הפכים
relieve (To remove a worry or burden, leaving the mind freer.)
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unburden (To free someone from something troubling them.)
נושאים
emotions
|mind
|daily_life
|work
הגדרה
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.
פועל
C2
FORMAL
2
elfoglal
A2
תבנית שימוש:
[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.
טעות נפוצה:
This meaning is uncommon in everyday English; most of the time, use occupy.
משמעות
take over a place first
צירופים
preoccupy a territory
|preoccupy a region
|preoccupy the land
|preoccupy a position
|preoccupy a seat
מילים נרדפות
occupy (The common modern verb; does not necessarily imply ‘before others’.)
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seize (Stronger; suggests force or sudden action.)
הפכים
vacate (To leave a place so it is no longer occupied.)
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abandon (To leave something behind, often permanently.)
נושאים
history
|politics
|law
הגדרה
To take a place before others can.
To occupy or take possession of a place before someone else does.
דקדוק
צורת המילון
preoccupy
IPA
GB/pɹiˈɑkjəpˌaɪ/
US/pɹiˈɑkjəpˌaɪ/
הברות והטעמה
pre - oc - cupy (3 הברות)
Stress on 2nd syllable (oc)
צורות המילה
Verb
- Base: preoccupy
- 3rd Person Singular: preoccupies
- Present Participle: preoccupying
- Past: preoccupied
משפחת מילים
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
ביטויים
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.
דוגמאות
- 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.
דוגמאות ללומדים
- He is preoccupied with work.
- I am preoccupied with my homework.