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inhabitinhabit /ɪnˈhæbɪt/ ●○○ verb [transitive] ETYMOLOGYinhabitOrigin: 1300-1400 Old French enhabiter, from Latin habitare; ➔ HABITATION VERB TABLEinhabit |
Present | I, you, we, they | inhabit | | he, she, it | inhabits | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | inhabited | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have inhabited | | he, she, it | has inhabited | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had inhabited | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will inhabit | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have inhabited |
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Present | I | am inhabiting | | he, she, it | is inhabiting | | you, we, they | are inhabiting | Past | I, he, she, it | was inhabiting | | you, we, they | were inhabiting | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been inhabiting | | he, she, it | has been inhabiting | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been inhabiting | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be inhabiting | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been inhabiting |
THESAURUSin a place/home► live to have your home in a particular place: Where do you live? Boston is a great place to live. ► reside formal to live in a particular country, city, etc.: The artist is from New Jersey but now resides in Florida. ► stay to live in a place for a short time: We stayed with my grandparents for two weeks. ► settle to begin to live in a new place, especially when you have come a long way to live there: Large numbers of German immigrants settled in what is now Ohio and Indiana. ► occupy formal to live in or use a building. Used especially in legal or official language: All of the units in the apartment building are currently occupied. ► inhabit if a group of people or animals inhabit a place, they live there. Used especially in scientific writing: Alligators inhabit the southeastern United States. ► dwell to live in a particular place. Used in stories and literary writing: The knight left the kingdom alone to dwell in the forest for the rest of his days. if animals or people inhabit an area or place, they live there: The site was once inhabited by the Ohlone Indians.► see thesaurus at live1—inhabitable adjective |