habitation

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun the native habitat or home of an animal or plant
noun housing that someone is living in
noun the act of dwelling in or living permanently in a place (said of both animals and men)

From Middle English habitacioun, from Old French habitacion, abitacion (“act of dwelling”), from Latin habitātiōnem, accusative of Latin habitātiō.

Here we will build our habitations. — Tanglewood Tales, Nathaniel Hawthorne
There were no habitations between villages. — Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World, Mark Twain
There is no sign of habitation. — Southern Arabia, J. Theodore (James Theodore) Bent

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