preoccupancy | (noun) the act of taking occupancy before someone else does | Synonyms: preoccupation |
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(noun) the mental state of being preoccupied by something | Synonyms: absorption, engrossment, preoccupation |
preoccupation | (noun) the act of taking occupancy before someone else does | Synonyms: preoccupancy |
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(noun) the mental state of being preoccupied by something | Synonyms: absorption, engrossment, preoccupancy |
(noun) an idea that preoccupies the mind and holds the attention | - |
preoccupied | (adjective) having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something | Synonyms: haunted, obsessed, taken up |
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(adjective) deeply absorbed in thought | Synonyms: bemused, lost |
preoccupy | (verb) engage or engross the interest or attention of beforehand or occupy urgently or obsessively | - |
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(verb) occupy or take possession of beforehand or before another or appropriate for use in advance | - |
preoperative | (adjective) happening or done before and in preparation for a surgical operation | - |
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preordain | (verb) foreordain or determine beforehand | Synonyms: foreordain, predestine |
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preordination | (noun) (theology) being determined in advance; especially the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the final salvation of mankind) | Synonyms: foreordination, predestination, predetermination |
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