to cohabitate
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4.8
- verb
- /koʊˈhæbɪˌteɪt/
:
vivir juntos
- And while Black women do get married less than others, we are more likely to stay in long-term relationships or cohabitate.
- cohabitating couples
- cohabitate before marrying
- married or cohabitate
Examples
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Nonetheless, a significant number of the clergy in Europe were cohabitating.
Academic text (2004) -
Many young couples choose to cohabitate before getting married.
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While rates of those who marry later or never marry are increasing, so too are rates of those who cohabitate outside of marriage.
Academic text (2018) -
Perhaps that is why more seniors today are choosing to cohabitate.
Blog text (29) -
My bf and I cohabitate, have a joint account, and have combined our financial assets.
Blog text (7) -
I was expecting to read reasons specific to actually getting married, but many of the benefits apply to people cohabitating too.
Blog text (7) -
More older folks are cohabitating (for a variety of reasons).
Blog text (29) -
Fifty percent of the participants were single, 22.7% were married, 18.2% were divorced, and 9.1% were cohabitating but not married.
Academic text (1997) -
Although a quarter of nonmarital births are to cohabitating couples, six out of ten cohabitating couples never go on to marry, and those that do are more likely eventually to divorce than those couples who bear children within the marriage bond.
Academic text (1997) -
In modern society, it's common for partners to cohabitate without formalizing their relationship.
Synonyms
230
2.7
To share a home with a romantic partner without being married
33
8.2
To live together as a couple without being married
3
6.3
To live together as a couple and have sex without being married
How Committed
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Cohabitate is made from co- meaning 'together' and the same part as habitat, which means 'a place to live', so to cohabitate is to share a home and is often used for couples who live together but are not married.