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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++co·hab·it /kəʊˈhæbɪt $ koʊ-/ verb [intransitive]  LIVE WITH somebodyto live with another person and have a sexual relationship with them without being married (未婚)同居 SYN live togethercohabitation /kəʊˌhæbɪˈteɪʃən $ koʊ-/ noun [uncountable]→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
cohabitWhy, for instance, would two individuals want to form a legal marriage instead of simply cohabiting?The same might just as well be true, however, of unmarried cohabiting couples and of couples who do not cohabit.Only about one in three couples who cohabit end up getting married.They met in 1968 and began to cohabit in 1969, although they did not marry until 1978.Does she welcome the intruder and discuss how best they can cohabit the territory, sharing prey?Most divorcees either remarry or cohabit with another partner.Falling in love with her beauty, he cohabited with her; then he left and forgot the whole affair.
Origin cohabit (1500-1600) Late Latin cohabitare, from Latin co- ( → CO-) + habitare ( → HABITATION)
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cohabit
cohabit /kəʊˈhæbət, kəʊˈhæbɪt $ koʊ-/ verb [intransitive]
 Date: 1500-1600
 Language: Late Latin
 Origin: cohabitare, from Latin co- ( co-) + habitare (, habitation)
to live with another person and have a sexual relationship with them without being married
   SYN  live together
—cohabitation /kəʊˌhæbəˈteɪʃən, kəʊˌhæbɪˈteɪʃən $ koʊ-/ noun [uncountable]


co·habitBrE /kəʊˈhæbɪt/ 🔊NAmE /koʊˈhæbɪt/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they cohabit BrE /kəʊˈhæbɪt/ 🔊 NAmE /koʊˈhæbɪt/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it cohabits BrE /kəʊˈhæbɪts/ 🔊 NAmE /koʊˈhæbɪts/ 🔊past simple cohabited BrE /kəʊˈhæbɪtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /koʊˈhæbɪtɪd/ 🔊past participle cohabited BrE /kəʊˈhæbɪtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /koʊˈhæbɪtɪd/ 🔊 -ing form cohabiting BrE /kəʊˈhæbɪtɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /koʊˈhæbɪtɪŋ/ 🔊 [intransitive] ~ (with sb) (formal) (usually of a man and a woman 通常指男女) to live together and have a sexual relationship without being married (无婚姻关系)同居 co·hab·it·ation BrE /ˌkəʊˌhæbɪˈteɪʃn/ 🔊NAmE /ˌkoʊˌhæbɪˈteɪʃn/ 🔊 noun [uncountable]