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noun an idea that preoccupies the mind and holds the attention
noun the mental state of being preoccupied by something
noun the act of taking occupancy before someone else does
originBorrowed from Middle French préoccupation, from Latin praeoccupātiō. By surface analysis, pre- + occupation or preoccupy + -ation.
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