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cohabit
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
cohabit
(verb)
cohabit
/koʊ
ˈ
hæbət/
verb
cohabits
;
cohabited
;
cohabiting
cohabit
/koʊ
ˈ
hæbət/
verb
cohabits
;
cohabited
;
cohabiting
Britannica Dictionary definition of COHABIT
[
no object
]
formal
:
to live together and have a sexual relationship
They
cohabited
in a small apartment in the city.
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/koʊˌhæbə
ˈ
teɪʃən/
noun
[
noncount
]
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