cohabit
verb /kəʊˈhæbɪt/
/kəʊˈhæbɪt/
[intransitive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they cohabit | /kəʊˈhæbɪt/ /kəʊˈhæbɪt/ |
| he / she / it cohabits | /kəʊˈhæbɪts/ /kəʊˈhæbɪts/ |
| past simple cohabited | /kəʊˈhæbɪtɪd/ /kəʊˈhæbɪtɪd/ |
| past participle cohabited | /kəʊˈhæbɪtɪd/ /kəʊˈhæbɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form cohabiting | /kəʊˈhæbɪtɪŋ/ /kəʊˈhæbɪtɪŋ/ |
- cohabit (with somebody) (usually of a man and a woman) to live together and have a sexual relationship without being married
- cohabiting couples
- She refused to cohabit with him before the wedding.
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin cohabitare, from co- ‘together’ + habitare ‘dwell’.