inhabitation
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6.6
- noun
- /ɪnˌhæbɪˈteɪʃən/
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habitación
- Throughout the years, the inhabitation of this island has changed significantly due to environmental factors.
They set aside that land for the allegedly perpetual inhabitation of freed slaves and their families.
- They set aside that land for the allegedly perpetual inhabitation of freed slaves and their families.
Examples
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The archaeologists studied the inhabitation of the ancient ruins to understand how people lived there.
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At that time, the area known as the Americas was enduring a prolonged second inhabitation.
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They set aside that land for the allegedly perpetual inhabitation of freed slaves and their families.
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The reconstruction is part of a larger project led by Lindy Crewe of the University of Manchester that seeks to illuminate the human experience in a single locality through time by investigating the nearly continuous inhabitation of Kissonerga Village from 10,000 years ago to the present.
Academic text (2010) -
Many factors influence the inhabitation of urban areas, such as job opportunities and available housing.
Synonyms
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3.2
A place where people start living together in a new area
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3.3
Living in a place for a period, often for legal reasons
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4.9
Living at an address that is your official home for legal matters
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4.6
Living in or using a building
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4.2
The act of living in a place as a home
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4.6
Moving into and using a building without the owner's permission
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7.8
The state of living permanently in a place
Staying in a place for a period of time
Antonyms
How Permanent
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Inhabitation comes from Latin parts in- 'in' and habitare 'to live', and it shares the same root as habit and habitat, words about where someone lives. So inhabitation means the act of living in a place, often for a long time.