Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with preoccupation in British Collocation
preoccupation
noun
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Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
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What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
UK
/priːˌɒkjʊˈpeɪʃ(ə)n/
current
contemporary
current
modern
ongoing
present
The current preoccupation with terrorism risks overshadowing the need to eradicate poverty.
continuing for a long time
constant
lifelong
His lifelong preoccupation with death became acutely personal in the 1980s when he became seriously.
much more than is reasonable
excessive
obsessive
He has shown excessive preoccupation with the purely administrative side of the work.