cohabitation
noun (cohabitation, uncountable)
Everyday
- (formal) Cohabitation is living together as a couple without being married. tree →
- (formal) Cohabitation is living together in the same place: «the cohabitation of different species». tree →
In the lessons
Used in formal writing, law, news and exam questions about families and society. In science it can describe different living things sharing a habitat. In everyday talk people say «living together».
Examples
- Cohabitation has become more common. tree →
- The report looked at marriage and cohabitation. tree →
- The cohabitation of cats and dogs in our house is peaceful. tree →
- Laws about cohabitation are different in each country. tree →
- The zoo studied the cohabitation of the animals. tree →
- Their cohabitation lasted ten years. tree →
Note
Formal and uncountable. From «cohabit».
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «cohabitation» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «cohabitation» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
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