to cohabit

Examples

• All

• Does it matter if Joe cheats on Annie, with whom he is cohabiting but not married?

  Blog text (32)

• People who were cohabiting could not be distinguished from the single population.

  Academic text (1999)

• Human beings cohabit, stay together not only for the sake of beginning children, but also to provide for the needs of life.

  Gregory B. Sadler - That Philosophy Guy

• About 10% of the adult population is cohabiting, with about 40% being married.

  Blog text (13)

• For example, the number of adults cohabiting outside of marriage has increased significantly.

  Academic text (2017)

• The same can undoubtedly be said of the tendency of U.S. couples who cohabit to separate more readily after marriage.

  Academic text (1992)

• Cohabitation has never been an insurance for marriage, and many cohabiting couples broke up after living together for a brief period.

  Academic text (2006)

• Tell me, David, is it true that you and Yvette are cohabiting?

  The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974)

• Marital status categories include married, cohabiting, divorced, separated, single, and widowed.

  Academic text (2017)

• We classified marital status as married or cohabiting, single, or widowed, divorced, or separated.

  Academic text (2012)

Synonyms

L

to live together

vsto cohabit

• NSFW

230 2.7

To share a home with a romantic partner without being married

is the one-word, more formal term for the same situation

S

to shack up

vsto cohabit

• NSFW

33 8.2

To live together as a couple without being married

is used in neutral speech or writing rather than informal slang

C

to cohabitate

vsto cohabit

4 4.8

To live together in the same home as a couple who are not married

emphasizes that the partners also have a sexual relationship

Antonyms

S

separate

829 2.1

Not joined to another thing and kept apart

How Committed

to marry

∞ 1.0

to cohabit

• NSFW

3 6.3

to date

∞ 1.3

Surface Forms

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Etymology