All 3 Uses of
preoccupied
in
Hunger Games Book #2 (Catching Fire)
- I'm crouched on one knee, preparing to enter the Meadow, but I'm still so preoccupied with the day's events that it takes a sudden screech of an owl to bring me to my senses.†
Chpt 10preoccupied = took up the attention of
- I guess I should be upset he's drinking again, but I'm preoccupied with another feeling.†
Chpt 14 *
- But anyone can see that Peeta is preoccupied, so Caesar directs the conversation right into the subject that's on everyone's minds.†
Chpt 18
Definitions:
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(1)
(preoccupied) busy thinking about or doing something so that other things are not noticed or done
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely, preoccupied can mean that someone has already inhabited or taken something.