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What is another word for be preoccupied?

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Verb
To be lost in thought
dream
daydream
brood
contemplate
meditate
muse
ponder
cerebrate
reflect
ruminate
stargaze
think
woolgather
be lost in thought
cogitate
deliberate
dwell
stare into space
stew
space out
trip out
tune out
zone out
be in a reverie
be in a trance
be inattentive
be in cloud cuckoo land
be miles away
build castles in air
have your head in the clouds
zone
be abstracted
be delirious
be in a brown study
indulge in wool-gathering
let one's thoughts wander
doze off
revolve
review
roll
moon
think about
mull over
turn over
brood over
recollect
be lost in contemplation
spend too much time thinking about
keep thinking about
wallow in
linger on
go on about
linger upon
dwell on
keep talking about
consider
study
weigh
question
debate
turn
perpend
entertain
eye
speculate
figure
puzzle
digest
devise
view
track
chew over
puzzle over
entertain idea
pore over
think over
weigh up
debate with oneself
wrestle with
chew the cud
think deeply
put on thinking cap
have in mind
kick around
meditate on
muse on
reflect on
give thought to
pore on
excogitate
ruminate on
brood on
reason
cogitate on
deliberate about
ruminate about
rack brains
evaluate
mull
wonder
deliberate on
cogitate about
agonize over
wonder about
ruminate over
worry about
speculate about
brood about
stew over
turn over in one's mind
brainstorm
examine
appraise
judge
give consideration to
ask oneself
size up
think out
noodle around
ponder over
chew on
imagine
agonizeUS
chew
agoniseUK
mind
reflect upon
use one's head
give much thought to
ask oneself about
ponder on
think hard
sweat over
think on
look at
beat one's brains out about
muse over
worry
intellectualizeUS
analyzeUS
pore
comprehend
rationalizeUS
discuss
logicalize
philosophizeUS
ideate
consult
philosophiseUK
analyseUK
intellectualiseUK
figure out
rationaliseUK
argue
sum up
think through
meditate over
deliberate over
bat it around
pour it on
hammer away at
cudgel your brains
talk over
flash on
knock around
think of
sort out
medidate upon
run up a flagpole
assess
put on one's thinking cap about
go over
understand
dwell upon
think upon
chew over things
stew about
mull over things
discern
lucubrate
sleep on it
concentrate
apprehend
process
consider the pros and cons of
give some thought to
meditate upon
cudgel
marvel
conjecture
stay in the clouds
drift off
query
inquireUS
puzzle out
think hard about
estimate
conceive
envision
picture
enquireUK
doubt
anticipate
appreciate
resolve
deduce
infer
be inquisitive
be curious
ratiocinate
stop to consider
take under consideration
take in
ruminate upon
reflect about
“To be preoccupied with equality under such circumstances is to be preoccupied with a foregone conclusion.”
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