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# habitable

adjective (habitable)

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

## Everyday

1. Good enough for people or animals to live in, as in «a habitable house». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/habitable/#m1)
2. (science) Able to support life, as in «a habitable planet» or «the habitable zone». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/habitable/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science lessons about space, the «habitable zone» (Goldilocks zone) is the area around a star where a planet is not too hot or too cold for liquid water. In geography, some places like deserts and ice caps are hardly habitable. In everyday life, a house must be habitable (safe, with water and heating) before a family moves in.

### Examples

- Earth is the only habitable planet we know of. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/habitable/#x1)
- The old cottage is not habitable until the roof is fixed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/habitable/#x2)
- Scientists look for planets in the habitable zone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/habitable/#x3)
- Antarctica is not very habitable for people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/habitable/#x4)
- After the flood, the houses were not habitable. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/habitable/#x5)
- Mars might once have been habitable for tiny microbes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/habitable/#x6)

### Note

Opposite: «uninhabitable». Trap: «inhabitable» also means «able to be lived in» — it does NOT mean «not habitable». Related: «habitat», «inhabit».

## In Jewish tradition

Used for the inhabited earth, the world where people live.

**Interpretation.** The Wisdom of Proverbs 8 pictures wisdom playing in the world before people, which tradition reads as Torah being God's plan for creation.

### Examples

- Playing in His habitable earth, and my delights are with the sons of men. (Writings PRO.8.31, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/habitable/#x1)
- And they are turned round about by His guidance, that they may do whatsoever He commandeth them upon the face of the habitable world: (Writings JOB.37.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/habitable/#x2)

### Note

Opposite: «uninhabitable». Trap: «inhabitable» also means «able to be lived in» — it does NOT mean «not habitable». Related: «habitat», «inhabit».

## On Mova

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