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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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