Habitation - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˌhæbɪˈteɪʃn|
Brit.
|hæbɪˈteɪʃ(ə)n|
noun
- the native habitat or home of an animal or plant
- housing that someone is living in (syn: abode, domicile, dwelling, home)
- the act of dwelling in or living permanently in a place (said of both animals and men) (syn: inhabitancy, inhabitation)
- housing that someone is living in (syn: abode, domicile, dwelling, home)
- the act of dwelling in or living permanently in a place (said of both animals and men) (syn: inhabitancy, inhabitation)
he studied the creation and inhabitation and demise of the colony
Extra examples
The house was not fit for human habitation.
The house is unfit for human habitation.
The nearest habitation to ours was situated about a mile off.
The head of man is the habitation of the reason.
These habitations consist of from four to eight huts.
There was no sign of habitation as far as the eye could see.
...the abandoned house was dank and frowsy and barely fit for human habitation...
A sudden hurricane blew out our lights and rocked our habitation.
The house was unfit for human habitation (=not good enough to live in).
Word forms
noun
singular: habitation
plural: habitations
singular: habitation
plural: habitations
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