cohabitate
Americanverb (used without object)
Etymology
Origin of cohabitate
1625–35; < Late Latin cohabitātus, past participle of cohabitāre cohabit; see -ate 1
Example Sentences
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The animals who cohabitate with human, whether we appreciate their presence or not, are changing too.
From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2025
Today, adult children cycle in and out, but few young married couples want to cohabitate with mom and dad.
From Slate ● Nov. 27, 2024
"We believe that these are signs that there is a level of adaptation for the fungus that helps it cohabitate with the bees," Bush said.
From Science Daily ● May 21, 2024
Ms. McCubbin, and other experts in organizing as well as psychology, said there were a few practical strategies that could help pack rats and neatniks cohabitate in relative harmony.
From New York Times ● Mar. 23, 2024
Cast members from “Summer House” and “Southern Charm” cohabitate while on vacay in snowy Vermont in the new reality series “Winter House.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2021
He said he never cohabitated, shared household expenses, or shared a joint account with Ms Willis.
From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2024
Most lived alone, with just 22% of never-married adults ages 40 to 44 reporting last year that they cohabitated with a romantic partner.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 28, 2023
For four years from 1997-98 to 2000-01, they cohabitated with ease.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 30, 2023
We lived on forty acres instead of four hundred square feet, cohabitated with roadrunners and rabbits instead of roaches and rats.
From Salon ● Mar. 2, 2019
To marry a woman with whom one has cohabitated as a mistress, is termed, making an honest woman of her.
From 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
More than 80% of people in the upper middle class and rich categories were in married or cohabitating households, the Urban Institute analysis found.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026
Imagine cohabitating with eight other people in an enclosed area the size of a large airplane.
From Salon ● Nov. 22, 2024
“Anyone who survives that—not sleeping on the ground or cohabitating with prairie dogs—goes on to reintroduction,” Marinari says.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 4, 2023
Women in heterosexual, cohabitating relationships do, on average, more than double the housework than their partners, even when they work equal hours in paid work.
From Slate ● Feb. 21, 2023
I felt like a perfectly normal person, who was not cohabitating with a demon that forced me to think thoughts I hated thinking, and I was just feeling, like, I’ve been better this week.
From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green
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