Hyphenation of preoccupy

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

pre-oc-cu-py

Definitions of preoccupy:

1.	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
2.	Occupy or take possession of beforehand or before another or appropriate for use in advance The army preoccupied the hills

Synonyms of preoccupy:

verb	control, command
verb	assume, usurp, seize, take over, arrogate

Last hyphenations of this language

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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.