habitation
noun
hab·i·ta·tion
ˌha-bə-ˈtā-shən 
1
: the act of inhabiting : occupancy
not fit for human habitation
2
: a dwelling place
3
: settlement, colony
Examples of habitation in a Sentence
The house was not fit for human habitation.
a wilderness area with few habitations
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Ice may lie an inch or so below the Moon’s surface in many more regions than previously thought — which has major implications for longer-term lunar exploration or even habitation.
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Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 6 Mar. 2025
In Africa, the earliest evidence of human rainforest habitation dated to 18,000 years ago.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Mar. 2025
Of those, 64% stayed at shelters and 36% were unsheltered in places not designed for human habitation.
—Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN, 15 Feb. 2025
The museum inside traces the island’s habitation history from the Taino people, whose roots here reach back more than a millennium, to the Danes’ use of the fort as a governor’s residence, a church, and later a jail.
—Carol M. Bareuther, AFAR Media, 20 Feb. 2025
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Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 6 Mar. 2025
In Africa, the earliest evidence of human rainforest habitation dated to 18,000 years ago.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Mar. 2025
Of those, 64% stayed at shelters and 36% were unsheltered in places not designed for human habitation.
—Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN, 15 Feb. 2025
The museum inside traces the island’s habitation history from the Taino people, whose roots here reach back more than a millennium, to the Danes’ use of the fort as a governor’s residence, a church, and later a jail.
—Carol M. Bareuther, AFAR Media, 20 Feb. 2025
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“Habitation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/habitation. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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habitation
noun
hab·i·ta·tion
ˌhab-ə-ˈtā-shən
Legal Definition
habitation
noun
hab·i·ta·tion
ˌha-bə-ˈtā-shən
1
a
: the act of occupying or inhabiting
b
in the civil law of Louisiana
: the right of a person to dwell in the house of another
2
: a dwelling place
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