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preoccupy

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishpreoccupypre‧oc‧cu‧py /priːˈɒkjəpaɪ $ -ˈɑːk-/ verb (preoccupied, preoccupying, preoccupies) [transitive] formalWORRIED if something preoccupies someone, they think or worry about it a lot→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpuspreoccupy• Remember: throughout the book Don Quixote is preoccupied by the question of posterity.• Kent was silent, preoccupied, deep in thought.• These questions have preoccupied fine minds for centuries, with interest intensifying from the late nineteenth century to the present day.• The experience was enough to keep him preoccupied for some time.• Mainly because, as a child, I was too preoccupied with Chanukah to care what my gentile friends were doing.• Much of the discussion in the 19705 was preoccupied with global cooling, not warming.• He got preoccupied with my left hand and the right hook came in over his shoulder.• And though I tried to respond, I was mostly preoccupied with my pain.
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Verb table
preoccupy
Simple Form
Present
I, you, we, theypreoccupy
he, she, itpreoccupies
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Past
I, you, he, she, it, we, theypreoccupied
Present perfect
I, you, we, theyhave preoccupied
he, she, ithas preoccupied
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad preoccupied
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, theywill preoccupy
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have preoccupied
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Continuous Form
Present
Iam preoccupying
he, she, itis preoccupying
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you, we, theyare preoccupying
Past
I, he, she, itwas preoccupying
you, we, theywere preoccupying
Present perfect
I, you, we, theyhave been preoccupying
he, she, ithas been preoccupying
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been preoccupying
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be preoccupying
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been preoccupying
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