cohabit
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin cohabitō; co- + habitō (“I dwell, I live in”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
cohabit (third-person singular simple present cohabits, present participle cohabiting, simple past and past participle cohabited)
- (intransitive) To live together with someone else, especially in a romantic and sexual relationship but without being married.
- (intransitive) To coexist in common environs with.
- (intransitive, archaic) To engage in sexual intercourse; see coition.
Synonyms edit
- (to live together with someone else): cohabitate
- (to engage in sexual intercourse): fornicate, have sex, make love; see also Thesaurus:copulate
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Translations edit
live together as if married
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