PREOCCUPANCY

preoccupancy, preoccupation

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

preoccupation, preoccupancy, absorption, engrossment

(noun) the mental state of being preoccupied by something

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

preoccupancy (usually uncountable, plural preoccupancies)

The act or right of taking possession before another.

Source: Wiktionary


Pre*oc"cu*pan*cy, n. Etym: [See Preoccupate.]

Definition: The act or right of taking possession before another; as, the preoccupancy of wild land.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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9 May 2025

RIGHT

(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”


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