cohabitverb [ I ]
uk/kəʊˈhæb.ɪt/us/koʊˈhæb.ɪt/formalIf two people, especially a man and woman who are not married, cohabit, they live together and have a sexual relationship:
About 23 percent of men and women aged 25 to 34 told researchers they had previously cohabited with a partner without it leading to marriage.
cohabiting couples
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Marriage, cohabitation & other relationships
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- marriageable
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- marry in haste, repent at leisure idiom
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cohabitation
noun [ U ] uk/kəʊˌhæb.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən/us/koʊˌhæb.əˈteɪ.ʃən/
a cohabitation agreement