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UK
/ˈɒkjʊpənt/
]
[ US /ˈɑkjəpənt/ ]
[ US /ˈɑkjəpənt/ ]
NOUN
- someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there
How To Use occupant In A Sentence
- A energy absorbing structure is disclosed for the purpose of protecting human occupants of a vehicle from the damaging effects of sudden accelerative or decelerative forces by means of plastic deformation of the structure.
- He shrug his low opinion of the occupant of the room.
- Often, the most important jobs get "mediocrities" like Greenspan and the current White House occupant. "Immoral Hazard"
- The previous occupants had left the house in a terrible mess.
- On the entertainment side, the luxury rear seat entertainment system allows occupants to play DVDs using screens mounted in the front seat headrests.
- Your actions showed disregard for the safety of the helicopter and its occupant. Times, Sunday Times
- Detectives are keen to trace a white camper van and its occupants.
- Every office will have a manual dimmer switch, giving the office occupant optimum control of the lighting levels he or she finds most productive.
- The problem is that at the time Roosevelt was only Assistant Secretary of the Navy, albeit a particularly pushy occupant of that office.
- We received a call from the two occupants in one of the other bedsits.