cohabit

verb

co·hab·it | \ (ˌ)kō-ˈha-bət

cohabited; cohabiting; cohabits

Definition of cohabit

1 : to live together as or as if a married couple They cohabited in a small apartment.

2a : to live together or in company buffaloes cohabiting with crossbred cows — Biol. Abstracts

b : to exist together … two strains in his philosophy … cohabit in each of his major works.— Justus Buchler So riches seemed to provoke their own discomfort, and affluence cohabited with anxiety.— Simon Schama

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Other Words from cohabit

cohabitant \ (ˌ)kō-ˈha-bə-tənt

\ noun

cohabitation \ (ˌ)kō-ˌha-bə-ˈtā-shən

\ noun

Examples of cohabit in a Sentence

They cohabited in a small apartment in the city.

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Americans are getting married later, divorcing more often, and cohabiting with partners without marrying. — Jennifer Bernstein, Vox, "Even as I question the institution of marriage and all its traditions, I find myself still wanting a ring.," 3 July 2019 As in all communities, cohabiting bacteria need ways to exchange messages. — Quanta Magazine, "Bacteria Use Brainlike Bursts of Electricity to Communicate," 5 Sep. 2017 Beyond vetting purposes, Kaitlin informed me, cohabiting has other functions. — Karley Sciortino, Vogue, "Breathless: Is Living Together Worth the Risk?," 26 Mar. 2019 While not working, these men live off their savings or the income of their spouse or cohabiting partner. — N. Gregory Mankiw, New York Times, "Why Aren’t More Men Working?," 15 June 2018 What is a little more surprising, though, is just how much that number has jumped even in just the past handful of years: Around 18 million adults in the U.S. were in cohabiting living situations in 2016, up 29 percent from 2007. — Cari Romm, The Cut, "What a New CDC Study Reveals About People Who Live With Their Significant Others," 6 June 2018 Now, there is close to a decade in between then and when most adults get married now, leaving individuals to navigate other cohabiting options. — Jennifer Calfas, Time, "That 30-Year-Old Who Got Evicted By His Parents Is Just One of Millions of Millennials Who Still Live at Home," 24 May 2018 The statistics concerning the risk to children when a parent cohabits with a nonrelative are shocking. — Amy Dickinson, chicagotribune.com, "Grandparents worry about toddler's welfare," 1 May 2018 Of the partnered group, 39 percent were in LAT relationships, according to a more focused definition of this arrangement, compared with 31 percent who were dating (a less committed, shorter-term relationship) and 30 percent who were cohabiting. — Judith Graham, Washington Post, "Living Apart Together: A New Option for Older Adults," 11 May 2018

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