PREOCCUPATION


Meaning of PREOCCUPATION in English

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ current , present , recent

▪ central , chief , main , major

Their chief ~ was how to feed their families.

▪ intense

▪ constant , continuing

▪ lifelong

his lifelong ~ with Chinese art forms

▪ growing

▪ excessive , obsessive , unhealthy

our society's unhealthy ~ with women's bodies

PREPOSITION

▪ ~ for

By now this had become a major ~ for him.

▪ ~ with

his growing ~ with death

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