Adjective preoccupied has 2 senses
  1. 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)
  2. 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 preoccupy has 2 senses
  1. 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
    Derived forms: noun preoccupation1, noun preoccupation2, noun preoccupancy1
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s somebody
  2. 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
    Derived form: noun preoccupation3
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
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