Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To live or reside in.
- intransitive verb To be present in; fill.
- intransitive verb To dwell.
from The Century Dictionary.
- 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.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb Archaic or Poetic To have residence in a place; to dwell; to live; to abide.
- transitive verb To live or dwell in; to occupy, as a place of settled residence
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
live orreside in some place - verb transitive To be
present in orfill some place
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb exist or be situated within
- verb be present in
- verb inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The future our kids will inhabit is a far cry from the world their parents grew up in.
Bernie Trilling: I Just Want my kid to be Happy... and Successful Bernie Trilling 2010
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The alienness of the planet that Hostetler and his patients inhabit is usually subtle, but at one point it is brought sharply into focus.
Tides from the New Worlds: The Shackles of Freedom « A Working Title 2009
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'It is utterly useless,' replied Felix, 'we can never again inhabit your cottage.
Chapter 16 2010
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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).
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But the land centrists inhabit is a treacherous place.
Ed Miliband's got the right idea – move back to the left Nick Cohen 2010
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The world these characters inhabit is harsh and unfriendly.
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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.)
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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.
Why the Lib Dems should continue to oppose tuition fees 2008
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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.
Archive 2008-12-01 2008
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Dengle, the world that you inhabit is only a delusion, a fiction, a lie, and it will not endure.
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word inhabit
"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.
July 22, 2009