Meaning

4 senses
  1. Concerned with something else; distracted; giving one's attention elsewhere.

    I was preoccupied with a deadline at work, and I forgot his birthday.

    gedankenverloren, in Gedanken woanders, tief beschäftigt

  2. (not comparable)Describing a taxonomic name not available for use because it is already used for another.

  3. (archaic)Already occupied.

  4. (obsolete)Prepossessed; biased.

More definitions
  • having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something
  • deeply absorbed in thought

Translations

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By meaning 1
concerned with something else, distracted:

Forms

more preoccupied, most preoccupied
Comparativemore preoccupied Lesson
Superlativemost preoccupied Lesson

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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