co·hab·it

verb

/kəʊˈhæbɪt/

[intransitive] (formal)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they cohabit	/kəʊˈhæbɪt/ /kəʊˈhæbɪt/
he / she / it cohabits	/kəʊˈhæbɪts/ /kəʊˈhæbɪts/
past simple cohabited	/kəʊˈhæbɪtɪd/ /kəʊˈhæbɪtɪd/
past participle cohabited	/kəʊˈhæbɪtɪd/ /kəʊˈhæbɪtɪd/
-ing form cohabiting	/kəʊˈhæbɪtɪŋ/ /kəʊˈhæbɪtɪŋ/

cohabit (with somebody) to live together and have a sexual relationship without being married未婚同居；姘居
- cohabiting couples同居伴侣
- She refused to cohabit with him before the wedding.婚礼前她拒绝与他同居。
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin cohabitare, from co- ‘together’ + habitare ‘dwell’.