Definition of cohabitation in English:
cohabitation
noun kəʊhabɪˈteɪʃ(ə)nˌkoʊhæbɪˈteɪʃ(ə)n
mass noun1The state of living together and having a sexual relationship without being married.
couples increasingly prefer cohabitation to marriage
Example sentencesExamples
- Increased premarital cohabitation has also played a role.
- There has been a rise in cohabitation for unmarried couples.
- The state refused to renew her day-care license because of old laws on the books that classify cohabitation as illegal.
- After four years of cohabitation, a relationship acquires the status of common-law marriage.
- Public officials have made it clear that the laws of that country should give no advantage to marriage over unmarried cohabitation.
- These marriage, divorce, and cohabitation trends have had an effect on children as well, say the authors.
- A modern and widespread alternative or precursor to marriage is cohabitation.
- Premarital sex and unmarried cohabitation are widely accepted even if they are not liked by defenders of traditional family values.
- Only 10 percent of marriages began with cohabitation in 1965, compared to 90 percent in 1995.
- In other countries, cohabitation is common among affluent people who have rejected conventional marriage.
2The state or fact of living or existing at the same time or in the same place.
a harmonious cohabitation with other living creatures
Example sentencesExamples
- The world environment includes the cohabitation of animals, plants, and humans.
- Tribal life centered on a social system that put a premium on cooperation and cohabitation over conflict and competition.
- The country is currently governed by a cohabitation arrangement in which the president and prime minister belong to rival parties.
- Despite the repeated attempts to the serene and joint cohabitation of peoples, peace is possible and right.
- The uneasy cohabitation of the political and the religious has posed fundamental questions about power, authority, and human suffering.
- The prospect of another paralyzing cohabitation between a president and National Assembly of opposed political camps might bring about a change of heart.
- He was compelled to endure an uncomfortable cohabitation with his political foes.
- The issue of peaceful cohabitation of the various peoples that have inhabited the region for centuries has been intensified.
- How are patterns of cohabitation influenced by dissimilarity of species?
- The artist's work engages with the productive cohabitation of birds and humans in the countryside.
Definition of cohabitation in US English:
cohabitation
nounˌkōhabiˈtāSH(ə)nˌkoʊhæbɪˈteɪʃ(ə)n
1The state of living together and having a sexual relationship without being married.
couples increasingly prefer cohabitation to marriage
Example sentencesExamples
- Premarital sex and unmarried cohabitation are widely accepted even if they are not liked by defenders of traditional family values.
- In other countries, cohabitation is common among affluent people who have rejected conventional marriage.
- A modern and widespread alternative or precursor to marriage is cohabitation.
- Public officials have made it clear that the laws of that country should give no advantage to marriage over unmarried cohabitation.
- Only 10 percent of marriages began with cohabitation in 1965, compared to 90 percent in 1995.
- These marriage, divorce, and cohabitation trends have had an effect on children as well, say the authors.
- The state refused to renew her day-care license because of old laws on the books that classify cohabitation as illegal.
- Increased premarital cohabitation has also played a role.
- After four years of cohabitation, a relationship acquires the status of common-law marriage.
- There has been a rise in cohabitation for unmarried couples.
2The state or fact of living or existing at the same time or in the same place.
a harmonious cohabitation with other living creatures
Example sentencesExamples
- The uneasy cohabitation of the political and the religious has posed fundamental questions about power, authority, and human suffering.
- The issue of peaceful cohabitation of the various peoples that have inhabited the region for centuries has been intensified.
- How are patterns of cohabitation influenced by dissimilarity of species?
- He was compelled to endure an uncomfortable cohabitation with his political foes.
- The country is currently governed by a cohabitation arrangement in which the president and prime minister belong to rival parties.
- The prospect of another paralyzing cohabitation between a president and National Assembly of opposed political camps might bring about a change of heart.
- Despite the repeated attempts to the serene and joint cohabitation of peoples, peace is possible and right.
- The artist's work engages with the productive cohabitation of birds and humans in the countryside.
- Tribal life centered on a social system that put a premium on cooperation and cohabitation over conflict and competition.
- The world environment includes the cohabitation of animals, plants, and humans.