cohabitation

«cohabitation» in Mova's school dictionary: living together as a couple without being married — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (cohabitation, uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) Cohabitation is living together as a couple without being married. tree →

2) (formal) Cohabitation is living together in the same place: «the cohabitation of different species». tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in formal writing, law, news and exam questions about families and society. In science it can describe different living things sharing a habitat. In everyday talk people say «living together».

examples

• Cohabitation has become more common. tree →
• The report looked at marriage and cohabitation. tree →
• The cohabitation of cats and dogs in our house is peaceful. tree →
• Laws about cohabitation are different in each country. tree →
• The zoo studied the cohabitation of the animals. tree →
• Their cohabitation lasted ten years. tree →

note

Formal and uncountable. From «cohabit».

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «cohabitation» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.