Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To live or reside in.
- v. To be present in; fill: Old childhood memories inhabit the attic.
- v. Archaic To dwell.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To live or dwell in; occupy as a habitation or dwelling-place; have an abode or residence in.
- To make at home; hence, figuratively, to be bound by the tie of residence.
- To dwell; live; abide.
- To rest or be kept fixedly.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To live or dwell in; to occupy, as a place of settled residence
- v. Archaic or Poetic To have residence in a place; to dwell; to live; to abide.
WordNet 3.0
- v. exist or be situated within
- v. be present in
- v. inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of
Etymologies
- From Old French enhabiter, from Latin inhabitare (in + habitare) (Wiktionary)
- Middle English enhabiten, from Old French enhabiter, from Latin inhabitāre : in-, in; see in-2 + habitāre, to dwell, frequentative of habēre, to have; see ghabh- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The future our kids will inhabit is a far cry from the world their parents grew up in.”
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“-- “My brothers and sisters”: remember, the main-line universe which the DC superheroes inhabit is personified by Kismet, a female-appearing figure who first appeared in The Adventures Of Superman #494 (September 1992).”
“But the land centrists inhabit is a treacherous place.”
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“It is utterly useless,' replied Felix, 'we can never again inhabit your cottage.”
“The alienness of the planet that Hostetler and his patients inhabit is usually subtle, but at one point it is brought sharply into focus.”
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“The world we inhabit is a good one if you are in the fortunate third without debt, but not nearly so good if you live under its weight.”
“The world these characters inhabit is harsh and unfriendly.”
“The world they inhabit is pretty unique and a mix of sci-fi and fantasy (although perhaps the magic has a technology basis I'm not aware of.)”
“Dengle, the world that you inhabit is only a delusion, a fiction, a lie, and it will not endure.”
“Now that the rural Europe that these characters inhabit is a place of relative peace - unlike Yugoslavia or the volatile banlieues that barely appear in the films of this year's Rendez Vous with French Cinema - its young men are shipped off to foreign wars that don't sem to have any relation to their lives at home.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘inhabit’.
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RELI - Genesis
Protagonists and relevant words in the Book of Creation (Source: King James Bible)
wrath, leaf, belly, prey, death, break, six, nod, dim, end, inn, judge and 1286 more...
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i.e.
On the model of insure/ensure.
insure, ensure, inquire, enquire, indorse, endorse, inter, enter, inthrall, enthrall, inflame, enflame and 42 more...
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my dictionary
able, abnormally, abroad, absent, abstract, acceptable, acceptance, access, accessible, accession, according to, account and 4551 more...
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fbharjo's Words
jumelle, kef, kenspeckle, lautitious, essentic, pilpulistic, impavid, cicurant, clou, chrysostomic, miasma, teleology and 1625 more...
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hypomania, hypomanic, complementary, deem, problematic, volatile, mercurial, unaccompanied, counterpart, irritability, hyperthymia, violent and 130 more...
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Nigella Bites
words from the cookbook "Nigella Bites" by Nigella Lawson
intend, evangelical, present, nattering space, inevitably, consequently, techniques, liqueur, purist, frankly, constraints, jot and 256 more...
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GENERAL
acquiesce, adjunct, affable, alacrity, amiable, anodyne, anachronism, apex, aphorism, arbitrary, arch, archetype and 182 more...
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My Personnal Words List on WordNik
Eloquence, dismay, abolish, Procrastination, hallowed, Audacity, provision, flue gas, perceive, aprodith, cult, mischief and 136 more...
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TT2 Lesson 13
magnificent, island, remote, major, land mass, archipeligo, consist, inhabit, inhabitant, inhabited, southernmost, Oahu and 82 more...
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synantonyms
Words that should be antonyms, but aren't.
Some say pseudantonym, but I don't like to.ravel, unravel, flammable, inflammable, thaw, unthaw, worm, deworm, color, discolor, valuable, invaluable and 12 more...
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dudu's Words
inevitable, gravel, scorched, oblivious, doze off, grate, gaunt, meritocracy, forensic accountants, proselytize, prolixity, prune and 48 more...
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English 090 - Unit 5: Ecotourism
This list consists of new vocabulary words included in the two readings of Unit 5: Ecotourism.
ecology, tourism, continent, coastal, consequences, fragile, harsh, inhabit, landscape, preserve, remote, research and 11 more...
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PossibleUnderscore "China is a big country, inhabited by many Chinese."
-- Former French President Charles De Gaulle
tee hee. The poor presidents must be under a lot of stress. Jul 22, 2009