Hyphenation of occupation

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word occupation? This word can be hyphenated and contains 4 syllables as shown below.

oc-cu-pa-tion

Definitions of occupation:

1.	The principal activity in your life that you do to earn money He's not in my line of business
2.	The control of a country by military forces of a foreign power
3.	Any activity that occupies a person's attention He missed the bell in his occupation with the computer game
4.	The act of occupying or taking possession of a building Occupation of a building without a certificate of occupancy is illegal
5.	The period of time during which a place or position or nation is occupied During the German occupation of Paris

Synonyms of occupation:

noun	business, job, line of work, line, activity
noun	military control, social control
noun	activity
noun	occupancy, taking possession, moving in, acquiring, getting
noun	time period, period of time, period

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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.