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How to pronounce “preoccupied”

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Pronunciation guide for preoccupied

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of preoccupied with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: Are We Still Human If Robots Help Raise Our Babies?than preoccupied parents do.
Definition summary: (obsolete) Prepossessed; biased. [16th–17th c.]

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Are We Still Human If Robots Help Raise Our Babies?

than preoccupied parents do.

[Adjective]
(obsolete) Prepossessed; biased. [16th–17th c.]
(now rare) Already occupied.
(taxonomy, not comparable) Describing a taxonomic name not available for use because it is already used for another. [from 18th c.]
Concerned with something else; distracted; giving one's attention elsewhere. [from 19th c.]
[Verb]
simple past and past participle of preoccupy

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