Hyphenation of Occupy

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word Occupy? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

Oc-cu-py

Definitions of Occupy:

1.	Keep busy with She busies herself with her butterfly collection
2.	Live (in a certain place) She resides in Princeton He occupies two rooms on the top floor
3.	Occupy the whole of The liquid fills the container
4.	Be on the mind of I worry about the second Germanic consonant shift
5.	March aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation Hitler invaded Poland on September 1
6.	1939
7.	Require (time or space) It took three hours to get to work this morning This event occupied a very short time
8.	Consume all of one's attention or time Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely
9.	Assume, as of positions or roles She took the job as director of development He occupies the position of manager The young prince will soon occupy the throne

Synonyms of Occupy:

verb	inhabit, be
verb	busy, work
verb	reside, lodge in, dwell, shack, reside, live, inhabit, people, populate, domicile, domiciliate
verb	fill, be
verb	concern, interest, worry
verb	take, use up, use, expend
verb	invade, attack, assail
verb	absorb, engross, engage, interest

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.