preoccupation

[US]/priˌɒkjuˈpeɪʃn/
[UK]/priˌɑːkjuˈpeɪʃn/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. something that someone thinks about all the time, or that they give all their attention to.

Phrases & Collocations

constant preoccupation

mental preoccupation

preoccupation with work

preoccupation with money

Example Sentences

his preoccupation with politics.

his growing preoccupation with death

By now this had become a major preoccupation for him.

their main preoccupation was how to feed their families.

Their chief preoccupation was how to feed their families.

their main preoccupation is licking and grooming themselves .

He always takes his preoccupation with the educational cause.

his preoccupation with American history is central to his work.e with a high concentration of a specified type of .

He put a preoccupation with the opportunity to speak, like a bandit squatting on roadside, ready covetously to a highway robbery.

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