preoccupancy

English Thesaurus

1. the act of taking occupancy before someone else does (noun.act)

hypernym	:	moving in, occupancy, occupation,
definition	:	the act of occupying or taking possession of a building (noun.act)

2. the mental state of being preoccupied by something (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	cognitive state, state of mind,
definition	:	the state of a person's cognitive processes (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	abstractedness, abstraction,
definition	:	preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	absentmindedness,
definition	:	preoccupation so great that the ordinary demands on attention are ignored (noun.cognition)

3. the act of taking occupancy before someone else does (noun.act)

derivation	:	preoccupy,
definition	:	occupy or take possession of beforehand or before another or appropriate for use in advance (verb.possession)

4. the mental state of being preoccupied by something (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	absorb, engage, engross, occupy,
definition	:	consume all of one's attention or time (verb.cognition)

derivation	:	absorb, engross, engulf, immerse, plunge, soak up, steep,
definition	:	devote (oneself) fully to (verb.cognition)

derivation	:	preoccupy,
definition	:	engage or engross the interest or attention of beforehand or occupy urgently or obsessively (verb.emotion)

derivation	:	haunted, obsessed, preoccupied, taken up,
definition	:	having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something (adj.all)

derivation	:	bemused, deep in thought, lost, preoccupied,
definition	:	deeply absorbed in thought (adj.all)

5. the act of taking occupancy before someone else does (noun.act)

derivation	:	preoccupy,
definition	:	occupy or take possession of beforehand or before another or appropriate for use in advance (verb.possession)

6. the mental state of being preoccupied by something (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	absorb, engage, engross, occupy,
definition	:	consume all of one's attention or time (verb.cognition)

derivation	:	absorb, engross, engulf, immerse, plunge, soak up, steep,
definition	:	devote (oneself) fully to (verb.cognition)

derivation	:	preoccupy,
definition	:	engage or engross the interest or attention of beforehand or occupy urgently or obsessively (verb.emotion)

derivation	:	haunted, obsessed, preoccupied, taken up,
definition	:	having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something (adj.all)

derivation	:	bemused, deep in thought, lost, preoccupied,
definition	:	deeply absorbed in thought (adj.all)