Synonyms for preoccupancy

Most common

pre-occupation · absorption · engrossment · prepossession

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Noun

Definitions

1. n. 1

   The act of taking possession before another.

   the preoccupancy of wild land

Forms

Plural

preoccupancies → pre-occupations, absorptions, engrossments, prepossessions…

Example sentences

• absorption Could you explain how food absorption takes place?

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

10 letters

absorption³

11 letters

engrossment³

13 letters

prepossession

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (absorption³ = 3 syllables).