habitation en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˌhæb.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən/ (UK, US)
- /ˌhæb.ɪˈtæɪ.ʃən/ (Australia)
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Etymology
From Middle English habitacioun, from Old French habitacion, abitacion (“act of dwelling”), from Latin habitātiōnem, accusative of Latin habitātiō.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.
The few miserable hovels that shewed some marks of human habitation, were now of still rarer occurrence; and, at length, as we began to ascend a huge and uninterrupted swell of moorland, they totally disappeared.
1817 December 31 (indicated as 1818), [Walter Scott], chapter [XIV], in Rob Roy. […], volume II, Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co. […]; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC, pages 314–315:Now, however, the windows in the houses began one by one to be lit up, giving a greater sense of habitation and humanity.
1907, G. K. Chesterton, chapter 12, in The Man Who Was Thursday:Witness this new-made world, another Heaven From Heaven-gate not far, founded in view On the clear hyaline, the glassy sea; Of amplitude almost immense, with stars Numerous, and every star perhaps a world Of destined habitation […]
1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:And there have been Common-wealths that having no more Territory, than hath served them for habitation, have neverthelesse, not onely maintained, but also encreased their Power, partly by the labour of trading from one place to another, and partly by selling the Manifactures, whereof the Materials were brought in from other places.
1651, Thomas Hobbes, chapter 24, in Leviathan, or The Matter, Forme, & Power of a Common-wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civill, London: […] [William Wilson] for Andrew Crooke, […], →OCLC:
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(countable) A place of abode; settled dwelling; residence; house.
Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 35:3:How gay the Habitations that adorn This fertile Valley! Not a House but seems To give assurance of content within;
c. 1806–1809 (date written), William Wordsworth, “Book the Fifth. The Pastor.”, in The Excursion, being a Portion of The Recluse, a Poem, London: […] Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […], published 1814, →OCLC, page 219:And as imagination bodies forth The forms of things unknown, the poet’s pen Turns them to shapes and gives to airy nothing A local habitation and a name.
c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:Mrs Deborah, having disposed of the child according to the will of her master, now prepared to visit those habitations which were supposed to conceal its mother.
1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume I, London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book VI:And this is Shanty Town, my friend. ¶ Even here the children laugh in the narrow lanes that run between these tragic habitations.
1948, Alan Paton, chapter 10, in Cry, the Beloved Country, New York: Scribner, published 1987:
- (countable, uncountable) A group, lodge, or company, as of the Primrose League.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| habitations | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (55)
es residencia (a place of abode) · uk ме́шкання (the act of inhabitating) · is ívera (the act of inhabitating) · fi asunto (a place of abode) · sa गृह (a place of abode) · nl bewoning (the act of inhabitating) · hi निवास (a place of abode) · bg жилище (a place of abode) · gd còmhnaidh (a place of abode) · pdt Wonunk (the act of inhabitating) · tl tirahan (the act of inhabitating) · gd còmhnaidh (the act of inhabitating) · de Wohnen (the act of inhabitating) · sa परिष्ठिति (a place of abode) · ru обита́ние (the act of inhabitating) · fi asuinpaikka (a place of abode) · ota مكان (a place of abode) · hu lakás (the act of inhabitating) · th บ้านเรือน (a place of abode) · ru прожива́ние (the act of inhabitating) · pt habitação (the act of inhabitating) · hi आवास (a place of abode) · eo loĝo (the act of inhabitating) · gd ionad-còmhnaidh (a place of abode) · bg обитаване (the act of inhabitating) · fi oleskeleminen (the act of inhabitating) · hu tartózkodási hely (a place of abode) · enm herberwe (a place of abode) · ru жили́ще (a place of abode) · es poblamiento (the act of inhabitating) · eo loĝejo (a place of abode) · ga aicíocht (a place of abode) · ru жильё (a place of abode) · pt habitação (a place of abode) · es asentamiento (the act of inhabitating) · uk поме́шкання (a place of abode) · nds-de Hüsung (a place of abode) · fi asuminen (the act of inhabitating) · th บ้านช่อง (a place of abode) · hu tartózkodás (the act of inhabitating) · es casa (a place of abode) · ru ме́сто жи́тельства (a place of abode) · es ocupación (the act of inhabitating) · pl domostwo (a place of abode) · uk прожива́ння (the act of inhabitating) · es morada (a place of abode) · hi निवास (the act of inhabitating) · is bústaður (a place of abode) · hu lakóhely (a place of abode) · de Behausung (a place of abode) · pl zamieszkiwanie (the act of inhabitating) · io habito (the act of inhabitating) · is dvalarstaður (a place of abode) · hi आवास (the act of inhabitating) · eo loĝado (the act of inhabitating)