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inhabitants

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for inhabitants.

Editorial note

One can be opposed to the actions and policies of a state without referencing its inhabitants or their religious notions.

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Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

Someone or thing who lives in a place.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of inhabitants gathered in one view.

noun

Someone or thing who lives in a place.

noun

(type theory) A possible value for a type.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for inhabitants.

noun

Someone or thing who lives in a place.

noun

(type theory) A possible value for a type.

Example sentences

1

One can be opposed to the actions and policies of a state without referencing its inhabitants or their religious notions.

2

The inhabitants of Blacktown or St Marys, slums in Australia probably fall into this category.

3

The accepted English demonym for inhabitants of the United States of America is American.

4

You can't compare an island with 1 million inhabitants to basically uninhabited islands.

5

Since 2010, population growth has either restarted in many cities that lost inhabitants for decades, or has accelerated for cities that never stopped growing.

6

This has two inhabitants even if id_A has only a single inhabitant.

7

Before communist rule, the inhabitants of the capital of Guangdong (adjacent to Hong Kong), were considered city slickers, while Hong Kong was full of country bumpkins.

8

In NYC there's a dilapidated restroom infrastructure for the city's 10 million inhabitants and 50 million annual tourists- Looie gives them a clean, safe and comfortable alternative.

9

It's true that it was a discovery that Martin Lof identity types could have multiple inhabitants, but it's a general principle of type theory that types can have multiple inhabitants (unlike in set theory, where propositions are just true).

10

I'm sure those 215 cars were the absolute limit the market (of ~60 million inhabitants, with 400,000 passengers already using UberPOP) could bear and that the decision is not at all politically motivated.

11

I lost my wallet twice, but fortunately since I used to live in a small city (less than 100 000 inhabitants) I got it back.

12

> One can be opposed to the actions and policies of a state without referencing its inhabitants or their religious notions.

Quote examples

1

Furthermore, from another perspective it's "obvious" that identity types should have multiple inhabitants.

2

You're side-stepping my main point: when a country defaults, you don't "get" to screw over its inhabitants just because you want to squeeze a little more money out.

3

A "Private" city generally has a private police force paid for by the inhabitants, and a public city should have a public police force paid for by the public.

4

This is an exciting discovery, and the most popular comments here are basically "humanity is destroying its own planet, if this place was anything like earth, the inhabitants there would have already destroyed their planet."

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use inhabitants in a sentence?

One can be opposed to the actions and policies of a state without referencing its inhabitants or their religious notions.

What does inhabitants mean?

Someone or thing who lives in a place.

What part of speech is inhabitants?

inhabitants is commonly used as noun.