Preoccupancy

Definition: Preoccupancy

Preoccupancy

Noun

1. The mental state of being preoccupied by something.

2. The act of taking occupancy before someone else does.

Synonyms within Context: Preoccupancy

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Possession	Exclusive possession, impropriation, monopoly, retention; prepossession, preoccupancy; nine points of the law; corner, usucaption.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Modern Translation: Preoccupancy

Language		Translations for "preoccupancy"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
German		Vertieftsein (immersion, preoccupation). (various references)

Greek		προκατοχή. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		� 取権 (right of preoccupancy). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		せ�"しゅけ�" (champion, leading, right of preoccupancy, top-rank). (various references)

Pig Latin		eoccupancypray

Spanish		ocupación anterior. (various references)

Turkish		taraf tutma (favoritism, favouritism, partiality, prepossession, siding, tendentiousness), daha önce kapma, önceden yerleşme (preoccupation). (various references)

Ukrainian		захоплення ділянки раніше від когось (preoccupation), зайнятість (busyness, employment, occupation). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Rhyming with "Preoccupancy"

Words rhyming with "preoccupancy" (pronounced 'Pre*oc"cu*pan*cy'): Abbacy, Abeyancy, Abhorrency, Absorbency, Abstinency, Acceptancy, Accordancy, Accountancy, Accumbency, Accuracy, Acquiescency, Acritochromacy, Adequacy, Adherency, Adjutancy, Adolescency, Advocacy, Aeromancy, Affluency, Agency, Aldermancy, Alectoromancy, Alectryomancy, Aleuromancy, Alliciency, Alomancy, Al-phitomancy, Alternacy, -ancy, Antecedency, Anthracomancy, Anthropomancy, Apparency, Appellancy, Appetency, Applicancy, Archiepiscopacy, Ardency, ARISTOCRACY, Arithmancy, Arithmomancy, Arrogancy, Aruspicy, Ascendency, Assurgency, Astragalomancy, Astringency, Athermancy, Attendancy, Austromancy. (additional references)

Anagrams: Preoccupancy

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-c-c-e-n-o-p-p-r-u-y"
	-3 letters: occupancy, preoccupy.
	-4 letters: peccancy, reoccupy.
	-5 letters: coppery, peccary, pouncer, precoup, propane.
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