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cohabit.

To live together with someone else, especially in a romantic and sexual relationship but without being married.

7 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/koʊˈhæbɪt/
  1. To live together with someone else, especially in a romantic and sexual relationship but without being married.

    intransitive
  2. To coexist in common environs with.

    intransitive
  3. To have sex; see coition.

    archaic · intransitive
  4. To cooperate with an opposing political party.

Where this word comes from

From Latin cohabitō; co- + habitō (“to dwell, to live in”).

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