inhabitation

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noun

The act of inhabiting, or the state of being inhabited; indwelling.

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Meanings

nouninhabitation (countable and uncountable, plural inhabitations)

plural inhabitations

  1. countableuncountableThe act of inhabiting, or the state of being inhabited; indwelling.
  2. countableuncountableAbode; place of dwelling; residence.
  3. countableuncountablePopulation; inhabitants.

    Noiſe call you it or univerſal groan / As if the whole inhabitation periſ'd, / Blood, death, and deathful deeds are in the noiſe, / Ruin, deſtruction at the utmoſt point.

    1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, pages 88–89, lines 1522–1525

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe act of dwelling in or living permanently in a place (said of both animals and men)

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From inhabit + -ation.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with inhabitation

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APA

inhabitation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inhabitation

MLA

“inhabitation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inhabitation. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “inhabitation,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inhabitation.

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