preoccupy

preoccupy is a 9-letter English word with 4 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To take possession of before another; as, to preoccupy a country not before held. Face value is 20 in Scrabble and 24 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 20 · Words With Friends 24 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To take possession of before another; as, to preoccupy a country not before held.
2. transitive verb. To prepossess; to engage, occupy, or engross the attention of, beforehand; hence, to prejudice.
3. verb. engage or engross the interest or attention of beforehand or occupy urgently or obsessively

   "His work preoccupies him"

   "The matter preoccupies her completely--she cannot think of anything else"

4. verb. occupy or take possession of beforehand or before another or appropriate for use in advance

   "the army preoccupied the hills"

Common word forms

preoccupied, preoccupier, preoccupies, preoccupying

Words from these letters

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