"preoccupation" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌpɹiɑkjʊˈpeɪʃən/ [US], /ˌpriɑkjəˈpeɪʃən/ [US], /ˌpɹiɒkjʊˈpeɪʃən/ [UK], /ˌpɹiɒkjəˈpeɪʃən/ [UK] Forms: preoccupations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French préoccupation, from Latin praeoccupatiō. By surface analysis, pre- + occupation or preoccupy + -ation. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*keh₂p-}}, {{bor|en|frm|préoccupation}} Middle French préoccupation, {{der|en|la|praeoccupatiō}} Latin praeoccupatiō, {{surf|en|pre-|occupation}} By surface analysis, pre- + occupation, {{affix|en|preoccupy|-ation}} preoccupy + -ation Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} preoccupation (countable and uncountable, plural preoccupations)
  1. The state of being preoccupied or an idea that preoccupies the mind; enthrallment. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the state of being preoccupied; enthrallment): загриженост (zagriženost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), Vertieftsein [neuter] (German), Beschäftigtsein [neuter] (German), beherrschender Gedanke [masculine] (German), Sorge [feminine] (German), Anliegen [neuter] (German), Besorgnis [feminine] (German), اشتغال فکری (ešteğâl-e fekri) (Persian), Besätenheit [feminine] (Plautdietsch), поглощённость (pogloščónnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), увлечённость (uvlečónnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), озабо́ченность (ozabóčennostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), zaokupljenost (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-preoccupation-en-noun-iZIq0foa Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with pre-, English terms suffixed with -ation Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 74 26 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with pre-: 67 33 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ation: 76 24 Disambiguation of 'the state of being preoccupied; enthrallment': 97 3
  2. The act of occupying something before someone else. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the act of occupying something before someone else): заня́тие места зара́нее (zanjátije mesta zaráneje) (Russian), заня́тие места ра́ньше другого (zanjátije mesta ránʹše drugovo) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-preoccupation-en-noun-bKMB32C1 Disambiguation of 'the act of occupying something before someone else': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: preoccupancy, pre-occupation Derived forms: self-preoccupation Related terms: preoccupy, occupation

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