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# occupant

noun (an occupant, occupants)

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

## Everyday

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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/occupant/#m1)
2. An occupant is a person or animal using a place. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/occupant/#m2)

### 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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/occupant/#x1)
- All occupants must leave during the fire alarm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/occupant/#x2)
- The lift holds a maximum of 8 occupants. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/occupant/#x3)
- Each car had 3 occupants. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/occupant/#x4)
- The bird box's occupant was a blue tit. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/occupant/#x5)
- (formal) The letter was addressed «To the occupant». [tree →](https://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://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.

## On Mova

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