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इंग्रजी

preoccupy

gb/pɹiˈɑkjəpˌaɪ/ us/pɹiˈɑkjəpˌaɪ/
C1 इंग्रजी
अर्थ
० अर्थ
क्रियापद 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.

वापर नमुना: [something] preoccupies [someone]
सामान्य चूक:
Don’t use it for physically ‘taking a seat/room’; that is usually occupy, not preoccupy.
समानार्थी शब्द
absorb (More general; can be mental or physical attention.) | engross (Often stronger, suggesting total attention.) | consume (Emphasizes intensity, often worries or emotions.)
विरुद्धार्थी शब्द
relieve (To remove a worry or burden, leaving the mind freer.) | unburden (To free someone from something troubling them.)
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
विषय
emotions |mind |daily_life |work
उदाहरणे
  • 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.
शिकणाऱ्यांसाठी उदाहरणे
  • I was preoccupied with my exam.
  • The news preoccupied him all day.
क्रियापद formal C2 action
2

take over a place first

To take a place before others can.

वापर नमुना: [someone] preoccupies [place]
सामान्य चूक:
This meaning is uncommon in everyday English; most of the time, use occupy.
समानार्थी शब्द
occupy (The common modern verb; does not necessarily imply ‘before others’.) | seize (Stronger; suggests force or sudden action.)
विरुद्धार्थी शब्द
vacate (To leave a place so it is no longer occupied.) | abandon (To leave something behind, often permanently.)
सहप्रयोग
preoccupy a territory |preoccupy a region |preoccupy the land |preoccupy a position |preoccupy a seat
विषय
history |politics |law
उदाहरणे
  • 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.
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
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
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.
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