reoccupy
verb
reoccupy is a verb meaning “To occupy again” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-E-O-C-C-U-P-Y and has 4 syllables, and it appears about once in every 18 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does reoccupy mean?
verb
- 1
To occupy again.
The enemy soldiers, through force of numbers, were able to reoccupy the garrison.
- 2
To occupy (oneself) again.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce reoccupy?
Reoccupy has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of reoccupy
- reoccupies present, singular, he/she/it
- reoccupying participle, present
- reoccupied participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is reoccupy?
Reoccupy appears about once in every 18 million words in written English, the 128,787th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does reoccupy come from?
From re- + occupy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).