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inhabit

Syllables: in·hab·it/ɪnˈhæbɪt/

inhabit verb: to live or reside in.

Verb

inhabit (third-person singular simple present inhabits, present participle inhabiting, simple past and past participle inhabited)

  1. (transitive) To live or reside in.
    • The Inuit inhabit the Arctic.
    • O, who would inhabit this bleak world alone?1813, Thomas Moore, The Last Rose of Summer
  2. (transitive) To be present in.
    • Strange thoughts inhabit my mind.
    Synonyms:
    occupy

inhabit meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

inhabit in Hindi

to live or reside in some place
वास vās, निवास nivās

inhabit in Tamil

வசி, தங்கி வாழ்

inhabit in Urdu

to inhabit, to occupy, to reside
بسنا basnā

inhabit in Bengali

বাস করা, বসবাস করা, অবস্থান করা
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inhabit in Malayalam
നിവസിക്കുക, അധിവസിക്കുക, വസിക്കുക, പാർക്കുക
inhabit in Kannada
ವಾಸಿಸು, ನೆಲೆಸು, ಬೀಡು ಬಿಡು, ಒಕ್ಕಲಿರು
inhabit in Sanskrit
क्षेति kṣeti
inhabit in Arabic
أَقَام ʔaqām, قَطَن qaṭan, سَكَن sakan
inhabit in Myanmar
ကျက်စား kyakca:

Examples of inhabit in a sentence

  • Birds inhabiting desert regions have an etiolated appearance.
  • The young pantheon had remanded their elders to the role of smouldering, chthonic gods; to inhabiting dark, deep places, hidden from mortal eyes and influence.
  • The hispid hare inhabits forested areas.

All 40 example sentences with inhabit

Synonyms of inhabit

All synonyms of inhabit

Forms of inhabit

third-person singular presentinhabits
present participleinhabiting
past participleinhabited
pastinhabited
alternative form (obsolete)enhabit

Past tense of inhabit: inhabited

Origin of inhabit

From Old French enhabiter, from Latin inhabitāre (in + habitāre).

Words formed from inhabit

Words that rhyme with inhabit

Questions about inhabit

What does inhabit mean?
Inhabit means to live or reside in.
What is inhabit in Hindi?
Inhabit in Hindi is वास (vās), निवास (nivās). See Inhabit meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is inhabit?
Inhabit is a verb.
How do you pronounce inhabit?
Inhabit is pronounced /ɪnˈhæbɪt/.
What is the past tense of inhabit?
The past tense of inhabit is inhabited.

Words near inhabit in the dictionary

  1. ingénus
  2. INH
  3. inhab.
  4. inhabile
  5. inhability
  6. inhabit
  7. inhabitability
  8. inhabitable
  9. inhabitance
  10. inhabitances
  11. inhabitancies

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: inhabit (page history and authors); inhabit (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); بسنا (Urdu) (page history and authors); Inhabit (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inhabit (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inhabit (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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