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How to pronounce cohabitation in English?

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Type Words
Type of habitation, inhabitancy, inhabitation
Has types concubinage
Derivation cohabit

Examples of cohabitation

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Sassler has conducted interviews about cohabitation habits among 20-somethings.
From the us.cnn.com
Now that our little cohabitation experiment has failed, where do we go from here?
From the washingtonpost.com
Hard times lead to cohabitation without it, and whatever moral peril that brings.
From the economist.com
After two weeks of cohabitation, many of these weaker mice were nervous wrecks.
From the well.blogs.nytimes.com
If you are married already, cohabitation doesn't seem that compelling a prospect.
From the economist.com
Why not lessen the burden by passing tax benefits to families in cohabitation?
From the economist.com
The scandal rocked a nation when divorce was rare and open cohabitation even rarer.
From the kentucky.com
Today cohabitation is often viewed as a different-but-equal alternative to wedlock.
From the theatlantic.com
Arafat's stated goal had shifted from annihilation of Israel to cohabitation.
From the time.com
More examples
  • The act of living together and having a sexual relationship (especially without being married)
  • (cohabit) share living quarters; usually said of people who are not married and live together as a couple
  • Cohabitation is an arrangement whereby two people decide to live together on a longterm or permanent basis in an emotionally and/or sexually intimate relationship. The term is most frequently applied to couples who are not married.
  • Cohabitation in government occurs in semi-presidential systems, such as France's system, when the President is from a different political party than the majority of the members of parliament. ...
  • An emotional and physical intimate relationship which includes a common living place and which exists without legal or religious sanction; The act of living together; A place where two or more individuals reside together; The act of two species living together in the same habitat
  • (cohabit) to reside with another as if married or as a married couple; to coexist in common environs with; to engage in sexual intercourse; see coition
  • (cohabitate) To cohabit
  • (Cohabit) To live together without a legal marriage ceremony.
  • (Co-habiting) A relationship between two people who choose to live together without marrying or forming a civil partnership.