Syllables World: Mastering Syllable Identification - How many syllables in Occupies?

How many syllables in Occupies?

occupies has 3 syllables

oc-cu-pies

to reside or live in a certain place, to fill or take up a space or time

The word 'occupies' has 3 syllables. The vowels in the word are 'o', 'u', and 'i'. The consonants in the word are 'c', 'p', 'c', and 's'.

Verb

She occupies the room at the end of the hall. The meeting occupies the entire afternoon.

The only way to deal with fear is to face it head-on. What are you afraid of? What is holding you back? Move forward and occupy your dream.
You can't really know where you are going until you know where you have been.
The present occupies the future.
The future is not a gift, it is an achievement. Every generation helps make its own future. This is the essential challenge of the present.
We are not makers of history. We are made by history.
The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing.
The only way to do great work is to love what you do.
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
The past is a ghost, the future a dream, and all we ever have is now.