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# occupant

«occupant» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person who lives in a house or flat, or who is in a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (an occupant, occupants)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An occupant is a person who lives in a house or flat, or who is in a room, seat or car at a certain time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/occupant/#m1)

2) An occupant is a person or animal using a place. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/occupant/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In formal letters «To the occupant» means to whoever lives there. In safety notices: «Maximum 8 occupants» in a lift or boat gives a limit. In maths problems, «each car has 4 occupants» helps count people. Everyday speech says «person living there» or «person inside».

### examples

- The house has a new occupant. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/occupant/#x1)
- All occupants must leave during the fire alarm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/occupant/#x2)
- The lift holds a maximum of 8 occupants. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/occupant/#x3)
- Each car had 3 occupants. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/occupant/#x4)
- The bird box's occupant was a blue tit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/occupant/#x5)
- (formal) The letter was addressed «To the occupant». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/occupant/#x6)
- Yonder in the canal lay the ships frozen up, and deserted by their whole crews, with a screaming crow for the sole occupant. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/occupant/#x7)

### note

Countable; «an occupant». Related: occupy, occupation, occupied. In maths: total people = cars × occupants per car; a «maximum occupants» notice is a limit you must not go over.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «occupant» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/occupant/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.