inhabit
verb /ɪnˈhæbɪt/
/ɪnˈhæbɪt/
(formal)Word Family
- inhabit verb
- habitable adjective (≠ uninhabitable)
- inhabitable adjective (≠ uninhabitable)
- inhabited adjective (≠ uninhabited)
- inhabitant noun
- habitation noun
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they inhabit | /ɪnˈhæbɪt/ /ɪnˈhæbɪt/ |
| he / she / it inhabits | /ɪnˈhæbɪts/ /ɪnˈhæbɪts/ |
| past simple inhabited | /ɪnˈhæbɪtɪd/ /ɪnˈhæbɪtɪd/ |
| past participle inhabited | /ɪnˈhæbɪtɪd/ /ɪnˈhæbɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form inhabiting | /ɪnˈhæbɪtɪŋ/ /ɪnˈhæbɪtɪŋ/ |
- inhabit something to live in a particular place
- Some of the rare species that inhabit the area are under threat.
- He reflected on what a strange world Stephen and Veronica inhabited.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryInhabit is used with these nouns as the subject:- population
- area
- character
- earth
- …
Word Originlate Middle English inhabite, enhabite, from Old French enhabiter or Latin inhabitare, from in- ‘in’ + habitare ‘dwell’ (from habere ‘have’).