Definitions
the act of taking occupancy before someone else does
Word origin
Borrowed from Middle French préoccupation, from Latin praeoccupātiō. By surface analysis, pre- + occupation or preoccupy + -ation.
Used in a sentence
“The same preoccupation with developing a conceptual framework is evident in David Blank's Venezuela: Politics in a Petroleum Republic, a modified version of Blank's early theses.”
“Halalisation signifies a powerful and growing preoccupation with the proliferation of […]”
“As an adult, I became a journalist whose beat is the environment. In a way, I’ve turned my youthful preoccupations into a profession.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“All-consuming concern”13 letters
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