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# cohabit

«cohabit» in Mova's school dictionary: **to live together in the same home as a couple without…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (cohabit, cohabits, cohabited, cohabiting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) To cohabit is to live together in the same home as a couple without being married. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cohabit/#m1)

2) (formal) To cohabit can mean to live or exist together in the same place: «Many species cohabit in the rainforest». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cohabit/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In formal documents and the exam voice, «cohabit» describes couples living together. In science, different animals or plants can cohabit in a habitat. In everyday talk people simply say «live together».

### examples

- Her parents cohabited for years before they married. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cohabit/#x1)
- Lions and zebras cohabit on the same plains. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cohabit/#x2)
- The form asks if you cohabit with a partner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cohabit/#x3)
- Different birds cohabit in the old tree. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cohabit/#x4)
- Many couples now cohabit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cohabit/#x5)
- The two cats cohabit peacefully. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cohabit/#x6)

### note

Formal; everyday English says «live together». Spelling: co + habit, one «b». Noun «cohabitation».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «cohabit» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cohabit/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.