{
    "term": "occupant",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a person who lives or works in a particular house, room, building, etc.",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "All outstanding bills will be paid by the previous occupants."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["original", "current", "present"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a person who is in a vehicle, seat, etc. at a particular time",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The car was badly damaged but the occupants were unhurt."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["original", "current", "present"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɒkjəpənt/",
                "audio": "oc/occupant/occupant__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɑːkjəpənt/",
                "audio": "oc/occupant/occupant__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 16th cent. (in the legal sense ‘person who establishes a title’): from French, or from Latin occupant- ‘seizing’, from the verb occupare."
}