habitation
/ˌhæb.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən/
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Australia/ˌhæb.ɪˈtæɪ.ʃən/
habitation noun: the act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.
Noun (1)
habitation (countable and uncountable, plural habitations)
- The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.
- And there have been Common-wealths that having no more Territory, than hath served them for habitation, have neverthelesse, not onely maintained, but also encreased their Power, partly by the labour of trading from one place to another, and partly by selling the Manifactures, whereof the Materials...1651, Thomas Hobbes, chapter 24, in Leviathan, or The Matter, Forme, & Power of a Common-wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civill, London: […] [William Wilson] for Andrew Crooke, […], →OCLC
- Witness this new-made world, another Heaven
From Heaven-gate not far, founded in view
On the clear hyaline, the glassy sea;
Of amplitude almost immense, with stars
Numerous, and every star perhaps a world
Of destined habitation […]1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
- A place of abode; settled dwelling; residence; house.
- And as imagination bodies forth
The forms of things unknown, the poet’s pen
Turns them to shapes and gives to airy nothing
A local habitation and a name.c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First... - Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 35:3
- And as imagination bodies forth
- A group, lodge, or company, as of the Primrose League.
Noun (2)
habitation (plural habitations)
- A farm, ranch or plantation.
habitation meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
habitation in Hindi
- the act of inhabitating
- आवास āvās, निवास nivās
- a place of abode
- आवास āvās, निवास nivās
habitation in Tamil
- உறைவிடம், குடியிருப்பிடம், வாழிடம்
habitation in Urdu
- habitation
- آواس āvās
habitation in Malayalam
- കുടിപാർപ്പ്, ജനവാസം, വസതി, പാർപ്പിടം
More languagesFewer languages
- habitation in Kannada
- ಊರು ūru
- habitation in Punjabi
- ਬਸਤੀ bastī
- habitation in Sanskrit
- गृह gṛha, परिष्ठिति pariṣṭhiti
- habitation in Tagalog
- tirahan
- habitation in Thai
- บ้านเรือน bâan reuan, บ้านช่อง bâan-chɔ̂ng
Examples of habitation in a sentence
- Now, however, the windows in the houses began one by one to be lit up, giving a greater sense of habitation and humanity.1907, G. K. Chesterton, chapter 12, in The Man Who Was Thursday:
- Mrs Deborah, having disposed of the child according to the will of her master, now prepared to visit those habitations which were supposed to conceal its mother.1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume I, London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book VI:
- And this is Shanty Town, my friend. ¶ Even here the children laugh in the narrow lanes that run between these tragic habitations.1948, Alan Paton, chapter 10, in Cry, the Beloved Country, New York: Scribner, published 1987:
Forms of habitation
| plural | habitations |
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Origin of habitation
From Middle English habitacioun, from Old French habitacion, abitacion (“act of dwelling”), from Latin habitātiōnem, accusative of Latin habitātiō.
Borrowed from Louisiana French habitation.
Words formed from habitation
Words that rhyme with habitation
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
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- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about habitation
- What does habitation mean?
- Habitation means the act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.
- What is habitation in Hindi?
- Habitation in Hindi is आवास (āvās), निवास (nivās). See Habitation meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use habitation in a sentence?
- Now, however, the windows in the houses began one by one to be lit up, giving a greater sense of habitation and humanity.
- What part of speech is habitation?
- Habitation is a noun.
- How do you pronounce habitation?
- Habitation is pronounced /ˌhæb.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of habitation?
- The plural of habitation is habitations.
Words near habitation in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: habitation (page history and authors); habitation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); آواس (Urdu) (page history and authors); habitation (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ಊರು (Kannada) (page history and authors); ਬਸਤੀ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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