preoccupy
gb/pɹiˈɑkjəpˌaɪ/ us/pɹiˈɑkjəpˌaɪ/
C1
इंग्रजी
foglalkoztat, elfoglal
क्रियापद
C1
1
foglalkoztat
B1
वापर नमुना:
[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.
शिकणाऱ्यांसाठी उदाहरणे
I was preoccupied with my exam.
A vizsgám foglalkoztatott.
The news preoccupied him all day.
A hír egész nap foglalkoztatta.
सामान्य चूक:
Don’t use it for physically ‘taking a seat/room’; that is usually occupy, not preoccupy.
अर्थ
fill someone’s mind
सहप्रयोग
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
समानार्थी शब्द
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.)
विरुद्धार्थी शब्द
relieve (To remove a worry or burden, leaving the mind freer.)
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unburden (To free someone from something troubling them.)
विषय
emotions
|mind
|daily_life
|work
व्याख्या
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.
क्रियापद
C2
FORMAL
2
elfoglal
A2
वापर नमुना:
[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.
सामान्य चूक:
This meaning is uncommon in everyday English; most of the time, use occupy.
अर्थ
take over a place first
सहप्रयोग
preoccupy a territory
|preoccupy a region
|preoccupy the land
|preoccupy a position
|preoccupy a seat
समानार्थी शब्द
occupy (The common modern verb; does not necessarily imply ‘before others’.)
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seize (Stronger; suggests force or sudden action.)
विरुद्धार्थी शब्द
vacate (To leave a place so it is no longer occupied.)
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abandon (To leave something behind, often permanently.)
विषय
history
|politics
|law
व्याख्या
To take a place before others can.
To occupy or take possession of a place before someone else does.
व्याकरण
शब्दकोशातील रूप
preoccupy
IPA
GB/pɹiˈɑkjəpˌaɪ/
US/pɹiˈɑkjəpˌaɪ/
अक्षरविभाग आणि जोर
pre - oc - cupy (३ अक्षरखंड)
Stress on 2nd syllable (oc)
शब्दरूपे
Verb
- Base: preoccupy
- 3rd Person Singular: preoccupies
- Present Participle: preoccupying
- Past: preoccupied
संबंधित शब्द
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
वाक्प्रचार
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.
उदाहरणे
- 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.
शिकणाऱ्यांसाठी उदाहरणे
- He is preoccupied with work.
- I am preoccupied with my homework.