"preoccupied" meaning in All languages combined

See preoccupied on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Audio: en-us-preoccupied.ogg [US] Forms: preoccupied [positive], [comparative], [superlative]
Etymology: From pre- + occupied. Etymology templates: {{ety-prefix|pre|occupied}} pre- + occupied Head templates: {{adj}} [POS TABLE]
  1. When you are preoccupied with something, you are concerned about it or simply thinking about it instead of focusing on the current task you are doing.
    Sense id: simple-preoccupied-en-adj-8AchavpJ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms prefixed with pre-

Verb [English]

Audio: en-us-preoccupied.ogg [US] Forms: preoccupy [canonical], preoccupies [third-person, singular], preoccupied [past], preoccupied [past, participle], preoccupying [present, participle]
Etymology: From pre- + occupied. Etymology templates: {{ety-prefix|pre|occupied}} pre- + occupied Head templates: {{verb|preoccup|y}} [POS TABLE]
  1. The past tense and past participle of preoccupy.
    Sense id: simple-preoccupied-en-verb--YIp1Cy9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms prefixed with pre-
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