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Adjective pre-occupied has 2 senses
- bemused, deep in thought, lost, preoccupied - deeply absorbed in thought; "as distant and bemused as a professor listening to the prattling of his freshman class"; "lost in thought"; "a preoccupied frown"
Antonym: thoughtless (indirect, via thoughtful)
- haunted, obsessed, preoccupied, taken up - having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something; "became more and more haunted by the stupid riddle"; "was absolutely obsessed with the girl"; "got no help from his wife who was preoccupied with the children"; "he was taken up in worry for the old woman"
Antonym: unconcerned (indirect, via concerned)
Verb pre-occupy has 2 senses
- preoccupy - engage or engross the interest or attention of beforehand or occupy urgently or obsessively; "His work preoccupies him"; "The matter preoccupies her completley--she cannot think of anything else"
--1 is one way to control, command
Sample sentence:
Something ----s somebody
- preoccupy - occupy or take possession of beforehand or before another or appropriate for use in advance; "the army preoccupied the hills"
--2 is one way to assume, usurp, seize, take over, arrogate
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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