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to cohabitate

to cohabitate

1 5.3
To exist together in the same place, often for ideas, groups, or systems
  • verb
  • /koʊˈhæbɪˌteɪt/
  • Formal
translation icon : cohabitar
  • I've been cohabitating with these people for the last 30 hours.

Like, are we going to, are we going to figure this out and, and, you know, arrive at some healthier place with how we cohabitate?

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Examples

  • Since 2009, the City Council has an association (GAU) dedicated to promoting graffiti and street art as part of the cultural development of the city, cohabitating and respecting the historical heritage.

    Blog text (10)

  • In many cities, diverse communities learn to cohabitate peacefully despite their differences.

  • It's just a place where everybody has to cohabitate and figure it out.

    Undisputed (2024)

  • What does that mean for how we populate the planet and cohabitate in a sustainable fashion?

  • Spiders cohabitate, but never with Easterns and Southerns.

    Day Shift (2022)

  • Putra, 24, cohabitates in Indonesia with a collection of 30 snakes, some of which are deadly poisonous.

    Blog text (26)

  • Let's just cohabitate as best we can—one way or another—with that reality.

    Blog text (30)

  • Most ants cohabitate with guests, animals that live in or around the colony and depend on the ants for food, shelter, protection, transport, or some combination thereof.

    Academic text (2003)

  • Researchers questing to find out when humans and cats began cohabitating have been doing DNA sampling of thousands of cats around the world and believe they have stumbled upon the oldest bloodline of felines known to exist.

    Blog text (21)

  • The two species of birds cohabitate, sharing the same habitat and resources without conflict.

Synonyms

to coexist
vsto cohabitate
49 4.2

Exist together in the same place or at the same time without fighting

does not emphasize lack of conflict and is neutral about harmony
to cohabit
vsto cohabitate
  • Formal
1 6.0

To exist together in the same place or at the same time

focuses on actual living together and includes groups or systems

Antonyms

to disband
43 4.3

To stop being a group, for example a band or committee

to dissociate
3 6.7

To stop being involved with a person, group, or idea

How Close

to intermix
2 5.6
overlap
30 3.9
to cohabitate
  • Formal
1 5.3

Surface Forms

cohabitate infinitive
cohabitated past
cohabitated past participle
cohabitating present participle
cohabitates third person singular

Morphology

cohabitate = habitate (transparent) = co + habitate

The prefix 'co-' clearly indicates a shared or joint action, making the meaning derivable from 'habitate'.

Etymology

Cohabitate is made from co- meaning 'together' and the same part as habitat, which means 'a place to live', so you can think of different groups or ideas 'living together' in the same space.