preoccupied

English

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Adjective

preoccupied

1. Concerned with something else; distracted; giving one's attention elsewhere.

   I was preoccupied with a deadline at work, and I forgot his birthday.

Translations

concerned with something else, distracted

• French: préoccupé (fr) m
• German: gedankenverloren (de), in Gedanken woanders, tief beschäftigt
• Greek: συλογισμένος (el) (sylogisménos), απορροφημένος (el) (aporrofiménos), προκατειλημμένος (el) (prokateilimménos), κατειλημμένος (el) (kateilimménos)

• Hungarian: belefeledkezett (hu)
• Manx: boirit (gv)
• Portuguese: preocupado (pt) m
• Spanish: preocupado (es), ensimismado (es)

Verb

preoccupied

1. simple past tense and past participle of preoccupy