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type | v |
lex_filenum | 37 |
def | engage or engross the interest or attention of beforehand or occupy urgently or obsessively |
examples | His work preoccupies him The matter preoccupies her completely--she cannot think of anything else |
Frame - 10 | Something ----s somebody |
Outgoing links | |
Hypernym | control, command |
Derivationally related form | preoccupy → preoccupation; preoccupy → preoccupation |
Derivationally related form | preoccupy → preoccupancy |
Hyponym | haunt, obsess, ghost; prepossess |
Incoming links | |
Derivationally related form | preoccupancy → preoccupy |
Derivationally related form | preoccupation → preoccupy; preoccupation → preoccupy |
Hypernym | haunt, obsess, ghost; prepossess |
Hyponym | control, command |
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