preoccupied
— Adjective
– English
～ deeply absorbed in thought; "as distant and bemused as a professor listening to the prattling of his freshman class"; "lost in thought"; "a preoccupied frown"
preoccupy
— Verb
– English
～ occupy or take possession of beforehand or before another or appropriate for use in advance; "the army preoccupied the hills"
preoccupy
— Verb
– English
～ engage or engross the interest or attention of beforehand or occupy urgently or obsessively; "His work preoccupies him"; "The matter preoccupies her completely--she cannot think of anything else"
preoperative
— Adjective
– English
～ happening or done before and in preparation for a surgical operation
preordain
— Verb
– English
～ foreordain or determine beforehand
preordination
— Noun
– English
～ (theology) being determined in advance; especially the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the final salvation of mankind)
prep
— Noun
– English
～ preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home)
prepackaged
— Adjective
– English
～ prepared and wrapped beforehand and ready for sale; "prepackaged foods"
prepacked
— Adjective
– English
～ prepared and wrapped beforehand and ready for sale; "prepackaged foods"
prepaid
— Adjective
– English
～ used especially of mail; paid in advance
preparation
— Noun
– English
～ a substance prepared according to a formula; "the physician prescribed a commercial preparation of the medicine"
preparation
— Noun
– English
～ the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening; "his planning for retirement was hindered by several uncertainties"
preparation
— Noun
– English
～ preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home)
preparation
— Noun
– English
～ the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action); "putting them in readiness"; "their preparation was more than adequate"
preparation
— Noun
– English
～ the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose; "preparations for the ceremony had begun"
preparation fire
— Noun
– English
～ fire delivered on a target in preparation for an assault
preparation
— Noun
– English
～ activity leading to skilled behavior
preparation
— Noun
– English
～ the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife"
preparation
— Noun
– English
～ (music) a note that produces a dissonant chord is first heard in a consonant chord; "the resolution of one dissonance is often the preparation for another dissonance"
preparative
— Adjective
– English
～ preceding and preparing for something; "preparatory steps"