preoccupy
gb/pɹiˈɑkjəpˌaɪ/ us/pɹiˈɑkjəpˌaɪ/
C1
Kiingereza
foglalkoztat, elfoglal
KITENZI
C1
1
foglalkoztat
B1
Muundo wa matumizi:
[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.
Mifano kwa wanafunzi
I was preoccupied with my exam.
A vizsgám foglalkoztatott.
The news preoccupied him all day.
A hír egész nap foglalkoztatta.
Kosa la kawaida:
Don’t use it for physically ‘taking a seat/room’; that is usually occupy, not preoccupy.
Maana
fill someone’s mind
Miunganiko ya maneno
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
Visawe
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.)
Vinyume
relieve (To remove a worry or burden, leaving the mind freer.)
|
unburden (To free someone from something troubling them.)
Mada
emotions
|mind
|daily_life
|work
Ufafanuzi
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.
KITENZI
C2
FORMAL
2
elfoglal
A2
Muundo wa matumizi:
[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.
Kosa la kawaida:
This meaning is uncommon in everyday English; most of the time, use occupy.
Maana
take over a place first
Miunganiko ya maneno
preoccupy a territory
|preoccupy a region
|preoccupy the land
|preoccupy a position
|preoccupy a seat
Visawe
occupy (The common modern verb; does not necessarily imply ‘before others’.)
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seize (Stronger; suggests force or sudden action.)
Vinyume
vacate (To leave a place so it is no longer occupied.)
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abandon (To leave something behind, often permanently.)
Mada
history
|politics
|law
Ufafanuzi
To take a place before others can.
To occupy or take possession of a place before someone else does.
Sarufi
Umbo la kamusi
preoccupy
IPA
GB/pɹiˈɑkjəpˌaɪ/
US/pɹiˈɑkjəpˌaɪ/
Silabi na mkazo
pre - oc - cupy (silabi 3)
Stress on 2nd syllable (oc)
Maumbo ya neno
Verb
- Base: preoccupy
- 3rd Person Singular: preoccupies
- Present Participle: preoccupying
- Past: preoccupied
Familia ya neno
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
Semi
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.
Mifano
- 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.
Mifano kwa wanafunzi
- He is preoccupied with work.
- I am preoccupied with my homework.