preoccupy
gb/pɹiˈɑkjəpˌaɪ/ us/pɹiˈɑkjəpˌaɪ/
C1
ఆంగ్లం
foglalkoztat, elfoglal
క్రియ
C1
1
foglalkoztat
B1
వాడుక నమూనా:
[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.
అభ్యాసకుల ఉదాహరణలు
I was preoccupied with my exam.
A vizsgám foglalkoztatott.
The news preoccupied him all day.
A hír egész nap foglalkoztatta.
సాధారణ తప్పు:
Don’t use it for physically ‘taking a seat/room’; that is usually occupy, not preoccupy.
అర్థం
fill someone’s mind
పదకలయికలు
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
పర్యాయపదాలు
absorb (More general; can be mental or physical attention.)
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engross (Often stronger, suggesting total attention.)
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consume (Emphasizes intensity, often worries or emotions.)
విరుద్ధపదాలు
relieve (To remove a worry or burden, leaving the mind freer.)
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unburden (To free someone from something troubling them.)
విషయాలు
emotions
|mind
|daily_life
|work
నిర్వచనం
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.
క్రియ
C2
FORMAL
2
elfoglal
A2
వాడుక నమూనా:
[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.
సాధారణ తప్పు:
This meaning is uncommon in everyday English; most of the time, use occupy.
అర్థం
take over a place first
పదకలయికలు
preoccupy a territory
|preoccupy a region
|preoccupy the land
|preoccupy a position
|preoccupy a seat
పర్యాయపదాలు
occupy (The common modern verb; does not necessarily imply ‘before others’.)
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seize (Stronger; suggests force or sudden action.)
విరుద్ధపదాలు
vacate (To leave a place so it is no longer occupied.)
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abandon (To leave something behind, often permanently.)
విషయాలు
history
|politics
|law
నిర్వచనం
To take a place before others can.
To occupy or take possession of a place before someone else does.
వ్యాకరణం
నిఘంటు రూపం
preoccupy
IPA
GB/pɹiˈɑkjəpˌaɪ/
US/pɹiˈɑkjəpˌaɪ/
అక్షరఖండాలు & ఒత్తు
pre - oc - cupy (3 అక్షరఖండాలు)
Stress on 2nd syllable (oc)
పద రూపాలు
Verb
- Base: preoccupy
- 3rd Person Singular: preoccupies
- Present Participle: preoccupying
- Past: preoccupied
సంబంధిత పదాలు
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
పదప్రయోగాలు
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.
ఉదాహరణలు
- 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.
అభ్యాసకుల ఉదాహరణలు
- He is preoccupied with work.
- I am preoccupied with my homework.