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cohabitco‧hab‧it /kəʊˈhæbɪt $ koʊ-/ verb [intransitive] cohabitOrigin: 1500-1600 Late Latin cohabitare, from Latin co- ( ➔ CO-) + habitare ( ➔ HABITATION) VERB TABLEcohabit |
Present | I, you, we, they | cohabit | | he, she, it | cohabits | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | cohabited | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have cohabited | | he, she, it | has cohabited | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had cohabited | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will cohabit | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have cohabited |
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Present | I | am cohabiting | | he, she, it | is cohabiting | | you, we, they | are cohabiting | Past | I, he, she, it | was cohabiting | | you, we, they | were cohabiting | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been cohabiting | | he, she, it | has been cohabiting | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been cohabiting | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be cohabiting | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been cohabiting |
- Most divorcees either remarry or cohabit with another partner.
- Only about one in three couples who cohabit end up getting married.
- Does she welcome the intruder and discuss how best they can cohabit the territory, sharing prey?
- Falling in love with her beauty, he cohabited with her; then he left and forgot the whole affair.
- The same might just as well be true, however, of unmarried cohabiting couples and of couples who do not cohabit.
- They met in 1968 and began to cohabit in 1969, although they did not marry until 1978.
- Why, for instance, would two individuals want to form a legal marriage instead of simply cohabiting?
to live with someone who you have a sexual relationship with► live with · I lived with Stuart for three years before we broke up.· Have you ever met the woman that Glen is living with? ► live together if two people live together , they live in the same house and have a sexual relationship: · These days people often live together before getting married.· Al really wants us to live together, but I'm not sure I'm ready. ► cohabit formal to live with someone as if you were married to them: · Only about one in three couples who cohabit end up getting married.cohabit with: · Most divorcees either remarry or cohabit with another partner. ► shack up informal to start to live with someone who you have a sexual relationship with - often used humorously: shack up with: · He's shacking up with some girl he met at the beach.be shacked up (=be living together): · Once they were shacked up, all they did was fight. to live with another person and have a sexual relationship with them without being married SYN live together—cohabitation /kəʊˌhæbɪˈteɪʃən $ koʊ-/ noun [uncountable] |