inhabited

Everyday

1. Having people or animals living in it. tree →
2. (verb, past) Lived in a place, as in «Dinosaurs inhabited the land». tree →

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 →
• Is the old house still inhabited? tree →
• Dinosaurs inhabited the Earth long ago. tree →
• Penguins inhabit cold southern seas. tree →
• Scientists search for other inhabited planets. tree →
• The cave was inhabited by bats. tree →
• It was inhabited, for the smoke curled up thickly from the chimneys. tree →

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 →
• But Judah shall be inhabited for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation. (Prophets JOL.4.20, JPS 1917) tree →
• 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 →
• 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 →

Note

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