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Definition: Cohabitation |
CohabitationNoun1. Living together (as spouses). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "cohabitation" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1602. (references) |
Etymology: Cohabitation \Co*hab"i*ta"tion\, noun. [Latin expression cohabitatio.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonym: CohabitationSynonym: living together (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Location | Plantation, colony, settlement, cantonment; colonization, domestication, situation; habitation; (abode); cohabitation; "a local habitation and a name"; endenization, naturalization. |
Marriage | Married state, coverture, bed, cohabitation. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Cohabitation |
| English words defined with "cohabitation": common-law marriage, concubinage ♦ Handfast ♦ legal separation ♦ Spiritual incest. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "cohabitation": derived rights. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Cohabitation" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. French (cohabitation). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Cohabitation (1975) | |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | The law prohibits cohabitation by unmarried couples. (references) | |
Political Economy | France | The current cohabitation between center-right President Chirac and Socialist Prime Minister Jospin has largely proceeded smoothly and enjoys strong backing from the French public. (references) |
Women | Saudi Arabia | Some women participate in Al-Mesyar (or "short daytime visit") marriages, or what are described as "weekend marriages," in which the women relinquish their legal rights to financial support and nighttime cohabitation. (references) |
Mexico | However, in some states a woman may not bring suit to establish paternity and thereby obtain child support, unless the child was a product of rape or cohabitation, the child resides with the father, or there is written proof of paternity. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Cohabitation" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Cohabitation" is used about 118 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 118 | 29,674 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "cohabitation": non-cohabitation. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "cohabitation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | bashkëjetesë (coexistence). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | تعايش على طريقة الازواج, تعايش (coexist, coexistence, cohabit, existence, get along with, live in, live together). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | извънбрачно съжителство (concubinage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 同居 (Cohabit, Cohabited, Cohabiting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | soužití (coexistence, coexistent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | coitus ante portas (clitoridean cohabitation), samlivsattest (cohabitation certificate), erklæring på tro og love om samlivet (sworn statement of cohabitation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | verklaring op erewoord dat hij(of zij)met een partner samenwoont (sworn statement of cohabitation), samenlevingsovereenkomst (cohabitation agreement), samenlevingscontract (cohabitation agreement), lamp van Kromayer (clitoridean cohabitation), bewijs,dat de persoon die hij als zijn partner heeft vermeld (cohabitation certificate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | cohabitation. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Beischlaf (sexual intercourse). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | συνοίκηση, συμβίωση (living together). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מש'ל (coition, coitus, intercourse, sexual intercourse), תשמיש "מט" (sexual intercourse), שכיב" (lying, reclining), שכובת, פרי" ורבי" (marital duty, procreation, propagation), עו " (period, season, term), חיים יח", "ז"ו'ות (coitus, copulation, coupling, mating), בעיל" (coitus, marriage bed, sexual intercourse). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | vadházasság (concubinage), együttélés (coexistence, symbioses, symbiosis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | hidup bersama (coexist). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | convivenza, coabitazione (house-sharing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 同棲 (living together), 共同"活 (community life), コップの中の嵐 (clicking, cobalt, cobalt blue, cobalt green, cognac, connect, Connecticut, connection, connectionism, connectionist, connectionist-model, connector, connotation, cottage, cottage cheese, drumming, Fujiyama-shaped volcano, laboriously, oven, pull, steadily, storm in a teacup, unflaggingly, untiringly), コア'吐く (coaxial loudspeaker, coil, coil spring, coin, coin laundry, coin locker, coin toss, coitus, core business, core curriculum, core system, core time, core-dump, koala, laundrette, to dump core). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | きょうどうせいかつ (community life), どうせい (condition, congeniality, homogeneity, homosexuality, living together, made of copper, movements, same name, same sex, state), コハ"テーション , コア"タシオン . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | cummal cooidjagh (cohabit, live together). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ohabitationcay coabitação. (various references) convieţuire (companionship), coabitare. (various references) сожительство (concubinage). (various references) covida, cohabitación (rooming in, rooming-in, sexual union). (various references) sammanboende (common law husband). (various references) evlenmeden beraber yaşama, birlikte yaşama (common marriage, concubinage). (various references) співжиття. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | contubernia, contubernium. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "cohabitation": cohabitations. (additional references) | |
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"Cohabitation" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cohabition. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "cohabitation" (pronounced kōha'butā"shun) |
| 9 | -h a' b u t ā" sh u n | habitation, inhabitation. |
| 6 | -u t ā" sh u n | accreditation, agitation, amputation, annotation, cetacean, cogitation, computation, connotation, decapitation, dilatation, equitation, facilitation, gravitation, hesitation, imitation, imputation, incapacitation, interpretation, invitation, irritation, levitation, limitation, meditation, misinterpretation, palpitation, precipitation, premeditation, recitation, rehabilitation, reinterpretation, reputation, resuscitation, sanitation, solicitation, vegetation, visitation. |
| 5 | -t ā" sh u n | adaptation, affectation, argumentation, augmentation, citation, confrontation, consultation, crustacean, deforestation, deportation, devastation, dictation, disorientation, disputation, dissertation, documentation, excitation, exhortation, expectation, experimentation, exploitation, fermentation, flirtation, flotation, fragmentation, gestation, implantation, implementation, importation, incantation, incrustation, indentation, infestation, instrumentation, lactation, manifestation, misrepresentation, molestation, mutation, notation, orientation, ornamentation, ostentation, permutation, pigmentation, plantation, presentation, protestation, quotation, recantation, reforestation, refutation, regimentation, representation, rotation, sedimentation, segmentation, station, superstation, temptation, transplantation, transportation. |
| 4 | -ā" sh u n | abbreviation, abdication, aberration, abomination, abrogation, acceleration, acclimation, accommodation, accumulation, accusation, acidification, activation, adjudication, administration, admiration, adoration, adulation, advocation, affiliation, affirmation, agglomeration, aggravation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, amalgamation, amelioration, amortization, amplification, animation, annexation, annihilation, anticipation, antidiscrimination, appellation, application, appreciation, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, articulation, aspiration, assassination, assimilation, association, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, bifurcation, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, characterization, civilization, clarification, classification, coagulation, codification, cogeneration, collaboration, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, communication, communization, compensation, compilation, complication, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conciliation, condemnation, condensation, confabulation, confederation, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, consummation, contamination, contemplation, continuation, conversation, convocation, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correlation, corroboration, creation, cremation, criminalization, culmination, cultivation, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, deceleration, decentralization, decertification, declaration, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, defamation, deflation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, denationalization, denomination, denuclearization, denunciation, depopulation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, deprivation, deregulation, derivation, desalination, desalinization, desecration, desegregation, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, deviation, differentiation, dilation, discoloration, discontinuation, discrimination, disembarkation, disinclination, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, dispensation, disqualification, dissemination, dissipation, dissociation, distillation, diversification, divination, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, echolocation, edification, education, ejaculation, elaboration, elation, electrification, elevation, elimination, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emulation, enumeration, equalization, equivocation, eradication, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, evocation, exacerbation, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, exclamation, excommunication, exfoliation, exhalation, exhilaration, exhumation, exoneration, expatriation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploration, expropriation, extermination, extrapolation, fabrication, falsification, fascination, federation, fertilization, fibrillation, figuration, filtration, fixation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, frustration, fumigation, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentrification, germination, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gyration, hallucination, harmonization, hibernation, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, identification, illumination, illustration, imagination, immigration, immunization, impersonation, implication, impregnation, improvisation, inactivation, inauguration, incarceration, incarnation, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incubation, indemnification, indexation, indication, indignation, indoctrination, industrialization, infatuation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, information, inhalation, initiation, innovation, inoculation, insemination, insinuation, inspiration, installation, instigation, institutionalization, insubordination, insulation, integration, intensification, internationalization, interrogation, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, inundation, invalidation, investigation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, isolation, jubilation, justification, laceration, legalization, legislation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, lubrication, machination, magnetization, magnification, malformation, manipulation, marginalization, masturbation, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, menstruation, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, miscreation, misidentification, misinformation, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, monopolization, motivation, multiplication, mummification, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nondiscrimination, nonproliferation, normalization, notification, nucleation, nullification, obfuscation, obligation, observation, occupation, operation, optimization, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, origination, oscillation, ossification, ovation, overpopulation, overregulation, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, participation, pasteurization, penetration, perforation, perpetuation, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, polarization, politicization, pollination, pontification, popularization, population, predestination, prefabrication, preoccupation, preparation, preservation, pressurization, privation, privatization, probation, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, profanation, prognostication, proliferation, pronunciation, propagation, proration, prostration, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, rationalization, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reauthorization, recalculation, recapitalization, recertification, reclamation, reclassification, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reformation, refrigeration, regeneration, registration, regulation, rehydration, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remuneration, renationalization, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, replication, repudiation, reregulation, reservation, resignation, respiration, restoration, retaliation, retardation, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, saponification, saturation, securitization, sedation, segregation, sensation, separation, sequestration, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subordination, subsidization, substantiation, suburbanization, suffocation, summation, syndication, tabulation, taxation, telecommunication, termination, titillation, toleration, transformation, transillumination, translation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visualization, vocation, vulgarization, westernization. |
| 3 | -sh u n | abduction, abolition, abortion, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, accession, accretion, acquisition, action, addiction, addition, admission, admonition, adoption, advection, affection, affliction, aggression, alliteration, alternation, ambition, ammunition, antiabortion, anticorruption, apparition, apportion, apprehension, ascension, ashen, assertion, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, beautician, benediction, brutalization, caption, carburetion, caution, circulation, circumspection, clinician, coalition, coercion, cognition, collection, commission, commotion, compassion, competition, completion, complexion, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, conception, conceptualization, concession, concoction, concussion, condescension, condition, conduction, confection, confession, conjunction, connection, conniption, conscription, constitution, constriction, construction, consumption, contention, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, conviction, convolution, convulsion, correction, corruption, counterrevolution, crucifixion, cushion, deception, decimation, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, deduction, defection, definition, deletion, demolition, demotion, dentition, depiction, depletion, deposition, depression, dereliction, description, desertion, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, devolution, devotion, diction, dietitian, diffraction, digression, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, disconnection, discretion, discussion, disinfection, disposition, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissension, dissolution, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, dysfunction, edition, egyptian, ejection, election, electrician, electrocution, elocution, emission, emotion, emulsion, encryption, erection, erudition, eruption, eviction, evolution, exaction, exception, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exhibition, expansion, expedition, exposition, expression, expulsion, extension, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, faction, fashion, fiction, fission, flexion, formalization, fraction, freshen, friction, fruition, function, gentian, geriatrician, gumption, hessian, homogenization, hypertension, hypotension, ignition, impassion, imperfection, imposition, impression, inaction, inception, incineration, indiscretion, induction, infarction, infection, inflection, infliction, infraction, inhibition, injection, injunction, inquisition, inscription, insertion, inspection, institution, instruction, insurrection, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, interruption, intersection, introduction, introspection, intuition, invention, junction, jurisdiction, juxtaposition, lilliputian, liposuction, liquefaction, locomotion, logician, lotion, magician, malfunction, malnutrition, mansion, martian, mathematician, mention, midsection, misapprehension, misconception, misimpression, misperception, mission, mortician, motion, munition, musician, nonaggression, nonfiction, nonprescription, notion, nutrition, objection, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, ocean, omission, opposition, oppression, optician, option, overconsumption, overexpansion, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, oversimplification, partition, passion, patrician, pediatrician, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, permission, persecution, petition, physician, politician, pollution, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, preconception, precondition, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, preignition, premonition, prescription, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, procession, production, profession, progression, prohibition, projection, promotion, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, protection, ration, reaction, reassertion, reception, recession, recognition, recollection, recondition, reconstruction, redefinition, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reflection, regression, reimposition, reinspection, reintegration, reintroduction, reinvention, rejection, remission, rendition, repercussion, repetition, reposition, repossession, repression, reproduction, requisition, resolution, restitution, restriction, resumption, resurrection, retention, retraction, retransmission, retribution, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, sanction, satisfaction, secession, secretion, section, sedition, seduction, selection, session, solution, statistician, submission, subscription, subsection, substation, substitution, subtraction, succession, suction, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, tactician, technician, tension, theoretician, titian, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transgression, transition, transmission, tuition, venetian, volition, workstation. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-h-i-i-n-o-o-t-t" | |
-2 letters: cohabitant, habitation. | |
-4 letters: botanica, citation, habitant, tithonia. | |
-5 letters: abiotic, acanthi, actinia, biontic, botanic, catboat, cohabit, coition, habitan, habitat, inhabit, taction, thionic, titania, titanic. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-c-h-i-i-n-o-o-t-t" | |
+1 letter: cohabitations. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 6F 68 61 62 69 74 61 74 69 6F 6E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. --- .... .- -... .. - .- - .. --- -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01101111 01101000 01100001 01100010 01101001 01110100 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C o h a b i t a t i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 006F 0068 0061 0062 0069 0074 0061 0074 0069 006F 006E |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)378174676875866786758180 |
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