to preoccupy

English - Turkish

Definition of to preoccupy in English Turkish dictionary

zihnini meşgul etmek

{f} zihnini meşgul etmek

kafasını kurcalamak

tasalandır

{f} önce kapmak

başkasından evvel ele geçirmek

zihnini işgal etmek

meşgul et

{f} düşündürmek

{f} zihnini meşgul etmek. be preoccupied with zihni ... ile meşgul olmak

be preoccupied zihni meşgul olmak

{f} endişelendirmek

English - English

Definition of to preoccupy in English English dictionary

preengage

to fill the mind of a person to the exclusion of other subjects

{v} to get or have first possession

engage or engross the interest or attention of beforehand or occupy urgently or obsessively; "His work preoccupies him"; "The matter preoccupies her completley--she cannot think of anything else"

occupy or take possession of beforehand or before another or appropriate for use in advance; "the army preoccupied the hills"

To prepossess; to engage, occupy, or engross the attention of, beforehand; hence, to prejudice

To take possession of before another; as, to preoccupy a country not before held

If something is preoccupying you, you are thinking about it a lot. Crime and the fear of crime preoccupy the community. if something preoccupies someone, they think or worry about it a lot

To distract; to occupy or draw attention elsewhere

occupy or take possession of beforehand or before another or appropriate for use in advance; "the army preoccupied the hills

{f} reflect, meditate on, think; worry, bother; prepossess, appropriate in advance (property)

Hyphenation

to pre·oc·cu·py

Turkish pronunciation

tı priäkyıpay

Pronunciation

/tə prēˈäkyəˌpī/ /tə priːˈɑːkjəˌpaɪ/

Etymology

[ t&, tu, 'tü ] (preposition.) before 12th century. Middle English, from Old English tO; akin to Old High German zuo to, Latin donec as long as, until.