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/pÉšÉĒˈɒkjƊpˌa‍ÉĒ/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "preoccupy"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻŽāύāϕ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ¸ā§āϤ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž, āϚāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to engage someone's mind or attention fully, especially with worries or concerns
Transitive: to preoccupy sb
to preoccupy definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Recent political scandals have preoccupied voters and dominated public discourse.
āϏāĻžāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻ• āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧈āϤāĻŋāĻ• āϕ⧇āϞ⧇āĻ™ā§āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŋāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻ­ā§‹āϟāĻžāϰāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ¸ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϜāύāϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāϪ⧇āϰ āφāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻžāϝāĻŧ āφāϧāĻŋāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϝ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻĻ⧇āϰ āφāϗ⧇ āĻĻāĻ–āϞ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ…āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāϧāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to take control or fill up a space before anyone else can
Transitive: to preoccupy a space
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The first team to arrive preoccupied the most comfortable chairs in the room.
āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻĻāϞāϟāĻŋ āφāϏāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āϘāϰ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŦāĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āφāϰāĻžāĻŽāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ• āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻĻāĻ–āϞ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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