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# inhabited

adjective (inhabited); verb (inhabit, inhabits, inhabited, inhabiting)

«inhabited» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Having people or animals living in it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inhabited/#m1)
2. (verb, past) Lived in a place, as in «Dinosaurs inhabited the land». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inhabited/#m2)

### In the lessons

In geography: inhabited islands vs uninhabited islands; the most inhabited (populated) places. In science: animals inhabit habitats. In stories: an inhabited cave, an inhabited planet. Phrases: densely inhabited.

### Examples

- Only three of the islands are inhabited. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inhabited/#x1)
- Is the old house still inhabited? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inhabited/#x2)
- Dinosaurs inhabited the Earth long ago. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inhabited/#x3)
- Penguins inhabit cold southern seas. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inhabited/#x4)
- Scientists search for other inhabited planets. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inhabited/#x5)
- The cave was inhabited by bats. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inhabited/#x6)
- It was inhabited, for the smoke curled up thickly from the chimneys. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inhabited/#x7)

### Note

Trap: «inhabited» means lived in; «uninhabited» means nobody lives there (not «inhabitable», which means suitable to live in). Person: inhabitant. Related: habitat.

## In Jewish tradition

In geography: inhabited islands vs uninhabited islands; the most inhabited (populated) places. In science: animals inhabit habitats. In stories: an inhabited cave, an inhabited planet. Phrases: densely inhabited.

### Examples

- And the children of Israel did eat the manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat the manna, until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan. (Torah EXO.16.35, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/inhabited/#x1)
- But Judah shall be inhabited for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation. (Prophets JOL.4.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/inhabited/#x2)
- And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they smote the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. (Prophets JDG.1.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/inhabited/#x3)
- Be thou corrected, O Jerusalem, lest My soul be alienated from thee, lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited. (Prophets JER.6.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/inhabited/#x4)

### Note

Trap: «inhabited» means lived in; «uninhabited» means nobody lives there (not «inhabitable», which means suitable to live in). Person: inhabitant. Related: habitat.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «inhabited» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inhabited/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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- [Trees and pragmatics of «inhabited» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/inhabited/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«inhabited» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/inhabited.html) on Mova free.