āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
preoccupy
/pÉšÉĒËÉkjĘpËaâÉĒ/
to preoccupy
01
āĻŽāύāĻā§ āĻŦā§āϝāϏā§āϤ āϰāĻžāĻāĻž, āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰāĻž
to engage someone's mind or attention fully, especially with worries or concerns
Transitive: to preoccupy sb
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Recent political scandals have preoccupied voters and dominated public discourse.
āϏāĻžāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻ āϰāĻžāĻāύā§āϤāĻŋāĻ āĻā§āϞā§āĻā§āĻāĻžāϰāĻŋāĻā§āϞāĻŋ āĻā§āĻāĻžāϰāĻĻā§āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāϏā§āϤ āĻāϰā§āĻā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāύāϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖā§āϰ āĻāϞā§āĻāύāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻāϧāĻŋāĻĒāϤā§āϝ āĻŦāĻŋāϏā§āϤāĻžāϰ āĻāϰā§āĻā§āĨ¤
02
āĻ āύā§āϝāĻĻā§āϰ āĻāĻā§ āĻĻāĻāϞ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻ āĻā§āϰāĻžāϧāĻŋāĻāĻžāϰ āύā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
to take control or fill up a space before anyone else can
Transitive: to preoccupy a space
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The first team to arrive preoccupied the most comfortable chairs in the room.
āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻĻāϞāĻāĻŋ āĻāϏāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻāϰā§āϰ āϏāĻŦāĻā§āϝāĻŧā§ āĻāϰāĻžāĻŽāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ āĻā§āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰāĻā§āϞāĻŋ āĻĻāĻāϞ āĻāϰ⧠āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
preoccupy
occupy
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