cohabit

verb

co·hab·it (ˌ)kō-ˈha-bət How to pronounce cohabit (audio)

cohabited; cohabiting; cohabits

intransitive verb

: to live together as or as if a married couple

They cohabited in a small apartment.

: to live together or in company

buffaloes cohabiting with crossbred cows

Biol. Abstracts

: to exist together

… two strains in his philosophy … cohabit in each of his major works.

Justus Buchler

So riches seemed to provoke their own discomfort, and affluence cohabited with anxiety.

Simon Schama

cohabitant

(ˌ)kō-ˈha-bə-tənt How to pronounce cohabit (audio)

noun

cohabitation

(ˌ)kō-ˌha-bə-ˈtā-shən How to pronounce cohabit (audio)

noun

Example Sentences

They cohabited in a small apartment in the city.

Recent Examples on the Web Dorothy and Anna traveled as a pair to Italy and elsewhere, later co-founded a clinic for disadvantaged children in London, and would cohabit for the rest of their lives.

Patrick Blanchfield, The New Republic, 1 Sep. 2022 Bald eagles are no longer hunted and have adapted to cohabit with humans.

Lilly Price, baltimoresun.com, 28 Feb. 2022 Screenwriter Dennis Kelly dramatizes it through the close-quarters friction between a London couple (James McAvoy and Sharon Horgan) who are no longer in love but cohabit for the sake of their school-age child.

Armond White, National Review, 3 Sep. 2021 In recent years the number of cohabiting unmarried couples has risen sharply.

Vicky Spratt, refinery29.com, 4 May 2020 For all the martial metaphors that politicians on both sides of the Atlantic like to invoke, humanity is not so much at war with the virus as uneasily, unwillingly cohabiting with it, with nowhere more hospitable to escape to.

Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 9 May 2020 The Pew data show, for instance, that the chief reason cohabiting partners offer for not being married is a lack of financial readiness.

BostonGlobe.com, 21 Nov. 2019 One big difference: Sometimes that means the residents will be cohabiting with other preppers, not just their immediate family.

Carolyn Said, SFChronicle.com, 25 Mar. 2020 After two years of cohabiting as friends, Mr. Monahan and Ms. Hamel became romantically involved for a year, then broke up.

Joanne Kaufman, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2020 See More

单词	cohabitations
释义	cohabit verb co·hab·it (ˌ)kō-ˈha-bət cohabited; cohabiting; cohabits intransitive verb 1 : to live together as or as if a married couple They cohabited in a small apartment. 2 a : to live together or in company buffaloes cohabiting with crossbred cows Biol. Abstracts b : to exist together … two strains in his philosophy … cohabit in each of his major works. Justus Buchler So riches seemed to provoke their own discomfort, and affluence cohabited with anxiety. Simon Schama cohabitant (ˌ)kō-ˈha-bə-tənt noun cohabitation (ˌ)kō-ˌha-bə-ˈtā-shən noun Example Sentences They cohabited in a small apartment in the city. Recent Examples on the Web Dorothy and Anna traveled as a pair to Italy and elsewhere, later co-founded a clinic for disadvantaged children in London, and would cohabit for the rest of their lives. Patrick Blanchfield, The New Republic, 1 Sep. 2022 Bald eagles are no longer hunted and have adapted to cohabit with humans. Lilly Price, baltimoresun.com, 28 Feb. 2022 Screenwriter Dennis Kelly dramatizes it through the close-quarters friction between a London couple (James McAvoy and Sharon Horgan) who are no longer in love but cohabit for the sake of their school-age child. Armond White, National Review, 3 Sep. 2021 In recent years the number of cohabiting unmarried couples has risen sharply. Vicky Spratt, refinery29.com, 4 May 2020 For all the martial metaphors that politicians on both sides of the Atlantic like to invoke, humanity is not so much at war with the virus as uneasily, unwillingly cohabiting with it, with nowhere more hospitable to escape to. Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 9 May 2020 The Pew data show, for instance, that the chief reason cohabiting partners offer for not being married is a lack of financial readiness. BostonGlobe.com, 21 Nov. 2019 One big difference: Sometimes that means the residents will be cohabiting with other preppers, not just their immediate family. Carolyn Said, SFChronicle.com, 25 Mar. 2020 After two years of cohabiting as friends, Mr. Monahan and Ms. Hamel became romantically involved for a year, then broke up. Joanne Kaufman, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2020 See More Word History Etymology Late Latin cohabitare, from Latin co- + habitare to inhabit, from frequentative of habēre to have — more at give First Known Use circa 1530, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Legal Definition cohabit intransitive verb co·hab·it kō-ˈha-bət : to live together as a married couple or in the manner of a married couple cohabitations noun plural of cohabitation as in remarriages Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance remarriages intermarriages mixed marriages miscegenations relationships civil unions domestic partnerships common-law marriages marriages polygamies bigamies commitments betrothals espousals polygynies monogamies polyandries attachments proposals engagements wedlocks matrimonies promises hands conjugalities pledges connubialities troths matches Antonyms & Near Antonyms divorces separations annulments
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cohabit

verb

Example Sentences

Word History

Legal Definition

intransitive verb

noun