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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
co•hab•it /koʊˈhæbɪt/USA pronunciation   v. 
  1. [no object] to live together as husband and wife without being married.
  2. to dwell with another or share the same place, as different species of animals:[~ + object]Can man cohabit the earth with the rest of nature?
co•hab•it•ant /koʊˈhæbɪtənt/USA pronunciation  co•hab•it•er, n. [countable]
co•hab•i•ta•tion /koʊˌhæbɪˈteɪʃən/USA pronunciation  n. [uncountable]See -hab-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
co•hab•it  (kō hab′it),USA pronunciation v.i. 
  1. to live together as husband and wife, usually without legal or religious sanction.
  2. to live together in an intimate relationship.
  3. to dwell with another or share the same place, as different species of animals.
  • Late Latin cohabitāre, equivalent. to co- co- + habitāre to have possession, abide (frequentative of habēre to have, own)
  • 1520–30
co•hab′it•ant, co•hab′it•er, n. 
co•hab′i•ta′tion, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
cohabit /kəʊˈhæbɪt/ vb
  1. (intransitive) to live together in a conjugal relationship, esp without being married
Etymology: 16th Century: via Late Latin, from Latin co- together + habitāre to liveˌcohabiˈtee, coˈhabitant, coˈhabiter, coˈhabitor n
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