habitation

[ hab-i-tey-shuhn ]

noun

1. a place of residence; dwelling; abode.

   Synonyms: domicile, home

2. the act of inhabiting; occupancy by inhabitants.
3. a colony or settlement; community:

   Each of the scattered habitations consisted of a small number of huts.

habitation

/ ˌhæbɪˈteɪʃən /

noun

1. a dwelling place
2. occupation of a dwelling place

Derived Forms

• ˌhabiˈtational, adjective

Other Words From

• habi·tation·al adjective
• inter·habi·tation noun
• nonhab·i·tation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of habitation¹

1325–75; Middle English ( h ) abitacioun (< Anglo-French ) < Latin habitātiōn- (stem of habitātiō ) a dwelling, equivalent to habitāt ( us ) inhabited (past participle of habitāre; habitat ) + -iōn- -ion

Example Sentences

The most northwest habitation in Canada — roughly 80 miles above the Arctic Circle — the town sits at the heart of the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation.

From Washington Post

After a federal judge ruled that the city’s so-called vehicle habitation law was too vague in 2018, the city passed yet another law restoring its ability to prohibit homeless people from living in cars on city streets.

From Voice of San Diego

Three quarters of those forest islands—which were likely built out of the flat plain by humans—contain unambiguous signs of human habitation, from the remains of fires to ditches and ceramics.

From Popular-Science

Even northern Canada, where no snakes live now, has snake fossils from a warmer era—a trend that may repeat itself, as global temperatures rise, reopening vast tracts of land to snake habitation.

From Popular-Science

These include habitation and life support systems, solar power, and shielding from radiation and micrometeorite impacts.

From MIT Technology Review

Apparently campaign staffers and volunteers had been living in the building considered unsafe for human habitation.

From The Daily Beast

And one strong gust of wind could blow the whole edifice of human habitation away.

From The Daily Beast

The recent Cancerian theme of creativity bleeds into the domestic sector, opening the door on imaginative modes of habitation.

From The Daily Beast

Commenons, comme l'on dict, de chez nous, de la maison et habitation; puis nous sortirons dehors.

From Project Gutenberg

Et au partir de l tira ledit Sieur au Port Royal lieu de son habitation.

From Project Gutenberg

It would not have been an unsightly spot if the marks of the habitation of poor and careless folk had been wiped away.

From Project Gutenberg

And Asor shall be a habitation for dragons, desolate for ever: no man shall abide there, nor son of man inhabit it.

From Project Gutenberg

I have, therefore, thought it expedient to enliven with paintings the whole habitation of the saint.

From Project Gutenberg