preoccupy
/priːˈɒkjʊpʌɪ/
US pronunciation
American sound/priːˈɒkjʊpʌɪ/
priːˈɒkjʊpʌɪ
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Stress
- 2nd syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Final y vowel sound
priː - ˈɒkjʊpʌɪ -> preoccupy
Myanmar meaning
အခြားအရာအားလုံးကို ထုတ်ပယ်၍ အတွေး တစ်ခုတည်းက စိတ်ကို စိုးမိုးထားသည်။
Full entry
(pt, pp -pied ) ဖိစီးသည်။ Health worries preoccupied him constantly. ❍ The students' thoughts are naturally preoccupied by their forthcoming exams.
❏ preoccupied adj
(က) ~ (with sth) ကိစ္စတစ်ရပ်ရပ်တွင် နစ်မြုပ်နေ[သော]။ I've been too preoccupied with my work to even think about taking a holiday.
(ခ) အာရုံ တခြားရောက်နေ[သော]။ She seemed preoccupied all the time I was talking to her.
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obsess, grip, consume, fixate, possess, absorb, assimilate, bug, comprehend, concern, digest, disturb, eat away at, engross, follow, get, get into, get to, grasp, haunt, immerse, incorporate, latch onto, learn, monopolize, sense, soak up, take in, trouble, understand, worry
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