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# cohabitation

noun (cohabitation, uncountable)

«cohabitation» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (formal) Cohabitation is living together as a couple without being married. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cohabitation/#m1)
2. (formal) Cohabitation is living together in the same place: «the cohabitation of different species». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cohabitation/#m2)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cohabitation/#x1)
- The report looked at marriage and cohabitation. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cohabitation/#x2)
- The cohabitation of cats and dogs in our house is peaceful. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cohabitation/#x3)
- Laws about cohabitation are different in each country. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cohabitation/#x4)
- The zoo studied the cohabitation of the animals. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cohabitation/#x5)
- Their cohabitation lasted ten years. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cohabitation/#x6)

### Note

Formal and uncountable. From «cohabit».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «cohabitation» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cohabitation/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«cohabitation» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cohabitation.html) on Mova free.