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Definition of cohabit verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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/
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  1. cohabit (with somebody) 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’.
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