How do you pronounce preoccupy?

preoccupy is pronounced as /priːˈɒkjʊpaɪ/.

Vocabulaires
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preoccupy

🌀preoccupy (priokyupai)

verb

/priːˈɒkjʊpaɪ/

préoccuper (preoccuper)

preoccupation preordain

Signification

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

Traduction de la signification

Dominer l'esprit de quelqu'un à l'exclusion d'autres pensées.

dominer l'esprit de quelqu'un a l'exclusion d'autres pensées

Phrases d'exemple

Worries about the future preoccupy him constantly.

Les préoccupations concernant l'avenir l'occupent constamment.

Synonymes

absorb, engross, distract, consume, obsess

Antonymes

free, release, ignore

Collocations

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

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