different between reside vs cohabitation

English

Etymology

From Old French resider, from Latin reside? (“remain behind, reside, dwell”), from re- (“back”) + sede? (“sit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???za?d/
• Rhymes: -a?d
• Hyphenation: re?side

Verb

reside (third-person singular simple present resides, present participle residing, simple past and past participle resided)

1. To dwell permanently or for a considerable time; to have a settled abode for a time; to remain for a long time.
   • , [Act III, scene i]:

     […] And the delighted ?pirit / To die in fierie floods, or to recide / In thrilling Region of thicke-ribbed Ice […]
2. To have a seat or fixed position; to inhere; to lie or be as in attribute or element.
   • , [Act I, scene ii]:

     […] for Cogitation / Re?ides not in that man, that do’s not thinke […]

3. To sink; to settle, as sediment.
   • a. 1729, William Congreve, “The Birth of the Muse”, in The Works of Mr. William Congreve, volume III, London: J. and R. Tonson and S. Drape, published 1753, page 222:

     […] The madding Winds are hu?h’d, the Tempe?ts cea?e, / And every rolling Surge resides in Peace.

Related terms

• coreside
• residence
• residency
• resident
• residential

Translations

See also

• abide
• dwell
• live
• stay

Further reading

• reside in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• reside in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• reside at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• desier, desire, eiders, eresid, redies

Latin

Verb

resid?

1. second-person singular present active imperative of reside?

Portuguese

Verb

reside

1. third-person singular present indicative of residir
2. second-person singular imperative of residir

Spanish

Verb

reside

1. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of residir.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of residir.

English

Etymology

From French cohabitation, from Latin cohabitationem.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ko?hæb??te???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

cohabitation (countable and uncountable, plural cohabitations)

1. An emotional and physical intimate relationship which includes a common living place and which exists without legal or religious sanction.
2. The act of living together.
3. A place where two or more individuals reside together.
4. (biology) The act of two species living together in the same habitat.
5. (politics) Cooperation between politicians of opposing political parties; especially, in France, between a President and Prime Minister.
   • 2001, Jon Henly, The Guardian, 18 Jul 2001:

     Commentators agreed that Mr Chirac's unusually aggressive remarks, followed by the equally fierce response of Mr Jospin's government, signalled the beginning of the end for the tense but so far civil "cohabitation" under which the two men have ruled France since 1997.

Synonyms

• marriage, civil union

Derived terms

• cohabitate

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?.a.bi.ta.sj??/

Noun

cohabitation f (plural cohabitations)

1. cohabitation (act of living together)
2. (politics) cohabitation

Related terms

• cohabiter

Further reading

• “cohabitation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).