- 1[uncountable] the act of living in a place They looked around for any signs of habitation. The houses were unfit for human habitation (= not clean or safe enough for people to live in).
- 2[countable] (formal) a place where people live The road serves the scattered habitations along the coast. inhabit verbhabitable adjective (≠uninhabitable)uninhabited adjectiveinhabitant nounhabitation noun
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