preoccupied

adj 4

Collocations

(adj.)

VERBS

appear, be, look, seem | become | remain

ADV

deeply, very | completely, entirely, totally | increasingly | a bit, a little, rather

PREP

with

She seemed preoccupied with her phone during our entire conversation at lunch.

Definitions

adj

Prepossessed; biased.

Already occupied.

Terrified at this uproar, which disconcerted the magician himself, she ran for shelter into the place which was preoccupied by the other lady […].

Scythrop, retiring to his tower, found his study preoccupied.

Describing a taxonomic name not available for use because it is already used for another.

In 1924 J. D. Tothill revised the nearctic species in the genus Fabriciella, a name proposed by Bezzi in 1906 to replace Fabricia Rob. D. which is preoccupied.

Concerned with something else; distracted; giving one's attention elsewhere.

I was preoccupied with a deadline at work, and I forgot his birthday.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with somet

adjective — deeply absorbed in thought

bemused

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Terrified at this uproar, which disconcerted the magician himself, she ran for shelter into the place which was preoccupied by the other lady […].

Wiktionary

Scythrop, retiring to his tower, found his study preoccupied.

Wiktionary

Presently the gudeman […] with much bowing and many respectful compliments, managed to tell the guest that the room was preoccupied for that night, as two dykers had come and, according to prearrangem

Wiktionary

All day, I have been strangely preoccupied with thoughts of my hometown.

Tatoeba · #242933

I'm preoccupied with the exam.

Tatoeba · #263457

He is preoccupied with his studies.

Tatoeba · #295989

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, preoccupied is marked as obsolete, archaic. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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