PREOCCUPYING

Meaning of PREOCCUPYING in English

( p. pr. & vb. n. )

of Preoccupy

Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

PREOCCUPYING — (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Preoccupy
Английский словарь Webster
PREOCCUPYING — p.pr. & ·vb.n. of preoccupy.
Webster English vocab
PREOCCUPATION — noun Date: 1603 an act of preoccupying ; the state of being preoccupied, 2. extreme or excessive concern with something, …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
PREOCCUPATION — (|) ̷ ̷+ noun Etymology: Latin praeoccupation-, praeoccupatio act of seizing beforehand, from praeoccupatus (past participle of praeoccupare to seize beforehand, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PREOCCUPATION — (n.) The act of preoccupying, or taking possession of beforehand; the state of being preoccupied; prepossession.
Английский словарь Webster
PREOCCUPATION — ( n. ) The act of preoccupying, or taking possession of beforehand; the state of being preoccupied; prepossession.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PREOCCUPY — — preoccupier , n. /pree ok"yeuh puy'/ , v.t., preoccupied, preoccupying . 1. to absorb or engross to the exclusion …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PREOCCUPATION — /pree ok'yeuh pay"sheuhn, pree'ok-/ , n. 1. the state of being preoccupied. 2. an act of preoccupying. [ 1530-40; praeoccupation- …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PREOCCUPATION — noun Date: 1603 1. : an act of preoccupying : the state of being preoccupied 2. a. : extreme or …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PREOCCUPATION — noun anticipation of objections. 2. preoccupation ·noun the act of preoccupying, or taking possession of beforehand; the state of being …
Webster English vocab
PREOCCUPATION — [pre.oc.cu.pa.tion] n (1603) 1: an act of preoccupying: the state of being preoccupied 2. a: extreme or excessive concern with …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DELUSION — in psychology, absolute conviction, often preoccupying, that is characterized as idiosyncratic, of personal significance to the deluded individual, and persistent …
Britannica English vocabulary
PREOCCUPY — / priˈɒkjupaɪ; NAmE -ˈɑːk-/ verb ( pre·occu·pies , pre·occu·py·ing , pre·occu·pied , pre·occu·pied ) [ vn ] if sth is …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PREOCCUPY — pre ‧ oc ‧ cu ‧ py /priːˈɒkjəpaɪ, priːˈɒkjʊpaɪ $ -ˈɑːk-/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PREOCCUPY — ( preoccupies, preoccupying, preoccupied) If something is preoccupying you, you are thinking about it a lot. Crime and the fear …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RECENT — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a new/recent migrant ▪ Some of the recent migrants have returned to their homes as …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MINISTRY — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Day One Christian Ministries Ministry of Justice, the COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE federal ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FOREIGN — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a foreign accent ▪ I got a call from a man with a foreign accent. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PREOCCUPY — [verb] [T] - to be the main thought in someone's mind, causing other things to be forgottenEconomic concerns are preoccupying …
Cambridge English vocab
OBSESSIVE — Synonyms and related words : absorbing, all-encompassing, arresting, attractive, compelling, compulsive, consuming, controlling, dominating, driving, enchanting, engaging, engrossing, enthralling, fascinating, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
IMPELLING — Synonyms and related words : active, actuating, animating, causal, causative, compelling, compulsive, directive, driving, gripping, holding, impellent, impulsive, in motion, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HOLDING — Synonyms and related words : absolute interest, absorbing, adverse possession, alodium, arresting, attractive, bearing, benefit, blessed with, block, board lot, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
GRIPPING — Synonyms and related words : absorbing, arresting, attractive, clinging, compelling, compulsive, consuming, driving, enchanting, engaging, engrossing, enthralling, fascinating, grasping, holding, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
ENGROSSING — Synonyms and related words : absorbing, all-consuming, arresting, attractive, consuming, controlling, enchanting, engaging, enthralling, exciting, fascinating, gripping, holding, hypnotic, interesting, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
DRIVING — Synonyms and related words : acid, action, active, actuating, advancing, adventuresome, adventurous, agency, aggressive, ambitious, animating, assailing, assaulting, attacking, automobiling, …
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COMPULSIVE — Synonyms and related words : accordant, anal, automatic, blind, bourgeois, coactive, coercive, compelling, compulsatory, compulsory, concordant, conditioned, conformist, constrained, constraining, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
COMPELLING — Synonyms and related words : actuating, acute, animating, causal, causative, clamorous, coactive, compulsive, compulsory, constraining, critical, crucial, crying, decretal, decretive, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
ENGROSSING — n. Function: adjective gripping the attention completely so as to exclude everything else FF1C; the engrossing nature of his task …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
ENGROSSING — adjective gripping the attention completely so as to exclude everything else the engrossing nature of his task made the time …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary

Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary

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