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COHABIT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Exist together

Synonyms:

coexist; cohabit

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "cohabit" is one way to...):

be; exist (have an existence, be extant)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "cohabit"):

coexist (coexist peacefully, as of nations)

co-occur; coincide; cooccur (go with, fall together)

Sentence frames:

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Sense 2

Meaning:

Share living quarters; usually said of people who are not married and live together as a couple

Synonyms:

cohabit; live together; shack up

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "cohabit" is one way to...):

dwell; inhabit; live; populate (be an inhabitant of or reside in)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "cohabit"):

miscegenate (marry or cohabit with a person of another race)

Sentence frames:

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Derivation:

cohabitation (the act of living together and having a sexual relationship (especially without being married))

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