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[ hab-i-tuh-buhl ] / ˈhæb ɪ tə bəl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR habitable ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivecapable of being inhabited. Origin of habitable1350–1400; Middle English habitābilis, equivalent to habitā(re) to inhabit (see habitat) + -bilis-ble; replacing Middle English abitable<Middle French OTHER WORDS FROM habitablehab·it·a·bil·i·ty, hab·it·a·ble·ness, nounhab·it·a·bly, adverbnon·hab·it·a·bil·i·ty, nounnon·hab·it·a·ble, adjective non·hab·it·a·ble·ness, nounnon·hab·it·a·bly, adverbun·hab·it·a·ble, adjectiveun·hab·it·a·ble·ness, nounun·hab·it·a·bly, adverb WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH habitablehabitable , inhabitable, uninhabitableWords nearby habitablehabiliment, habilitate, Habima, Habiru, habit, habitable, habitan, habitancy, habitant, habitat, habitation Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for habitableAlthough Escobar's Cathedral was still incomplete, it was habitable. Pablo Escobar’s Private Prison Is Now Run by Monks for Senior Citizens|Jeff Campagna|June 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST In our Solar System, only smaller, rocky planets orbit within the habitable zone. Could ‘Star Wars’ Be Right About Habitable Moons?|Matthew R. Francis|May 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST Imagine, though, a Saturn-mass exoplanet with a Titan-sized moon orbiting its star within the habitable zone. Could ‘Star Wars’ Be Right About Habitable Moons?|Matthew R. Francis|May 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST So, for us to know if Kepler-186f is habitable or not, we have to consider several “ifs”. What Does the Discovery of “Another Earth” Mean for Us?|Matthew R. Francis|April 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Venus orbits the Sun within the habitable zone, and is only slightly smaller than Earth. What Does the Discovery of “Another Earth” Mean for Us?|Matthew R. Francis|April 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST The windows are mostly double, and the houses, all of one story, are warm enough to be habitable. In Search of a Siberian Klondike|Homer B. Hulbert My object on board your barge was to take a passage to some habitable region, where I could obtain food, rest, and shelter. Voyages and Travels of Count Funnibos and Baron Stilkin|William H. G. Kingston A seventh, the Capsterre, required only water to make it habitable, the land being very fertile. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3)|Walter Thornbury He had literally never before seen what looked like habitable territory of such vast extent, with no houses on it. Operation: Outer Space|William Fitzgerald Jenkins In three years it is a sum more than equal to the supply of a Bible to every family on the habitable globe. Select Temperance Tracts|American Tract Society
British Dictionary definitions for habitableDerived forms of habitablehabitability or habitableness, nounhabitably, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to habitablelivable |