Habitation Definition

hăbĭ-tāshən
habitations
noun
habitations
The act of inhabiting; occupancy.
Webster's New World
A natural environment or locality.
American Heritage
A place in which to live; dwelling; home.
Webster's New World
A residence.
American Heritage
A colony or settlement.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Habitation

Noun

Singular:
habitation
Plural:
habitations

Origin of Habitation

  • Middle English habitacioun from Latin habitātiō habitātiōn- from habitātus past participle of habitāre to dwell habitable

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French habitacion, abitacion (“act of dwelling”)

    From Wiktionary

Habitation Sentence Examples

  • The same is true of habitation taxes.

  • Little houses are frequently erected over the grave as a habitation for the spirit.

  • The years of habitation gave the place a thousand smells, none of them pleas­ant.

  • For Bjarmaland, though it gained a local habitation, is also in Norse tradition a wholly mythical and mythological place, more or less identical with the underworld (Niflhel, mist-hell).

  • In the south of the district, along the coast of the Bay of Bengal, lie the forest tracts of the Sundarbans, the habitation of tigers, leopards and other wild beasts.

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Words Starting With

HHAHAB

Words Ending With

NONION

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Words Starting With H and Ending With N

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