preoccupy
gb/pɹiˈɑkjəpˌaɪ/ us/pɹiˈɑkjəpˌaɪ/
C1
ఆంగ్లం
అర్థాలు
0 అర్థాలు
క్రియ
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.
వాడుక నమూనా:
[something] preoccupies [someone]
సాధారణ తప్పు:
Don’t use it for physically ‘taking a seat/room’; that is usually occupy, not preoccupy.
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.)
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
విషయాలు
emotions
|mind
|daily_life
|work
ఉదాహరణలు
- 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.
అభ్యాసకుల ఉదాహరణలు
- I was preoccupied with my exam.
- The news preoccupied him all day.
క్రియ
formal
C2
action
2
take over a place first
To take a place before others can.
వాడుక నమూనా:
[someone] preoccupies [place]
సాధారణ తప్పు:
This meaning is uncommon in everyday English; most of the time, use occupy.
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.)
పదకలయికలు
preoccupy a territory
|preoccupy a region
|preoccupy the land
|preoccupy a position
|preoccupy a seat
విషయాలు
history
|politics
|law
ఉదాహరణలు
- 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.
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.