Number of syllables in the word 'preoccupied'
Find out how many syllables are there in the word preoccupied.
- No of syllables in preoccupied : 4
- Divide syllables in preoccupied : pre-oc-cu-pied
More about the word - preoccupied
- adjective
- Definition : Concerned with something else; distracted; giving one's attention elsewhere.
- Definition : Describing a scientific name that was previously used, a junior homonym.
- verb
- Definition : To distract; to occupy or draw attention elsewhere.
- Definition : To occupy or take possession of beforehand.
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