🌀preoccupy

verb
/priːˈɒkjʊpaɪ/

Meaning

To dominate or engross the mind of someone to the exclusion of other thoughts.

Example Sentences

Worries about the future preoccupy him constantly.

Synonyms

absorb, engross, distract, consume, obsess

Antonyms

free, release, ignore

Collocations

preoccupy the mind, preoccupy thoughts, preoccupy with, constantly preoccupy

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