CEFR A2

busy

adjective

Meaning

Actively and attentively engaged in work or a pastime.

Examples

She's too busy to see you right now.
I'm busy cleaning the house.

Synonyms: occupied, engaged, tied up, swamped

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busy (A2)

adjective

Pronunciation: /ˈbɪzi/

Definition

Actively and attentively engaged in work or a pastime.

Examples

She's too busy to see you right now.
I'm busy cleaning the house.
The office was busy with customers.

How to Use busy

busy with (prepositional phrase): Engaged in a specific activity. — "He's busy with his homework."
too busy to (idiom): So occupied that one cannot do something else. — "She was too busy to notice him enter the room."

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