Dictionary Entry
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
- 1transitive verb
To take possession of before another; as, to preoccupy a country not before held.
- 2transitive verb
To prepossess; to engage, occupy, or engross the attention of, beforehand; hence, to prejudice.
- 3verb
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"
- 4verb
occupy or take possession of beforehand or before another or appropriate for use in advance
"the army preoccupied the hills"
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