Inhabit
verb
To live or stay in a place.
People inhabit this island during the summer months.
Often appears as...
- inhabit an area
- inhabit a region
verb
To be present in something.
A sense of calm inhabited the room.
Often appears as...
- inhabit a space
- inhabit the mind
Usage tips
Academic
verb
To live or stay in a place.
People inhabit this island during the summer months.
Often appears as...
- inhabit an area
- inhabit a region
verb
To be present in something.
A sense of calm inhabited the room.
Often appears as...
- inhabit a space
- inhabit the mind
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Human Focus
Inhabit often refers to places where humans live or stay temporarily.
Tribes have inhabited these forests for centuries.
Pro Tip 2/3Permanent or Temporary
Inhabit can mean living somewhere permanently or staying for a while.
She's inhabiting her summer home on the lake right now.
Pro Tip 3/3Not for Objects
'Inhabit' is not used for inanimate objects; it's only for living beings.
After the disaster, nobody inhabited the abandoned town.
Pro Tip 1/3Human Focus
Inhabit often refers to places where humans live or stay temporarily.
Tribes have inhabited these forests for centuries.
Pro Tip 2/3Permanent or Temporary
Inhabit can mean living somewhere permanently or staying for a while.
She's inhabiting her summer home on the lake right now.
Pro Tip 3/3Not for Objects
'Inhabit' is not used for inanimate objects; it's only for living beings.
After the disaster, nobody inhabited the abandoned town.
Pro Tip 1/3Human Focus
Inhabit often refers to places where humans live or stay temporarily.
Tribes have inhabited these forests for centuries.
Pro Tip 2/3Permanent or Temporary
Inhabit can mean living somewhere permanently or staying for a while.
She's inhabiting her summer home on the lake right now.
Pro Tip 3/3Not for Objects
'Inhabit' is not used for inanimate objects; it's only for living beings.
After the disaster, nobody inhabited the abandoned town.
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Video examples
Do Komodo Dragons Eat...
Very rarely do people get attacked by Komodo dragons. Some people living on the villages near the dragons, particularly on Komodo, it is inhabited by people just living their lives, quite incredible to imagine, we couldn't quite comprehend that on your doorstep is the largest lizard in the world, and they probably think it's as normal as a seagull
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Snow Leopards: Ghosts in...
the shadow of the snow leopards that inhabit these mountains here so why do we use the camera traps we basically don't know how many smaller puts there are right and the camera traps are our eyes in the mountains which help us count how many smaller puts there are
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Chris Milk: How virtual...
But I don't want you in the frame, I don't want you in the window, I want you through the window, I want you on the other side, in the world, inhabiting the world. So that leads me back to virtual reality. Let's talk about virtual reality. Unfortunately,
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Why are there so many...
and helping them cope with habitats that other creatures can't. Even their small size, which we might see as a disadvantage, is something they use to their benefit. Because most species are so tiny, millions of insects can inhabit a small space
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Will future spacecraft...
and magnetic signals that could help predict earthquakes. But imagine how much more we could learn if they could fly beyond Earth's orbit. That's exactly what organizations, like NASA, want to send microspacecraft to scout habitable planets
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How fire shapes...
habitable well let's begin with fire among the ancient elements fire is the odd man out earth air water all are substances fire is a reaction it synthesizes its surroundings it takes its character from its context and that
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Should we be looking for...
and orbits not too close and too far away from its parent star, it could be rocky and warm enough to have oceans and perhaps life. Astronomers discover these potentially habitable planets, and their eyes get big and wide.
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Life Beyond Earth, Part...
that means that by necessity, we reach out. So when we do find a planet that harbors life, that is a habitable environment, that has biosignatures, and this is possible within the next one or two generations,
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Nathalie Cabrol: How...
Is there life beyond our solar system? And we can ask all those questions because there has been a revolution in our understanding of what a habitable planet is, and today, a habitable planet is a planet
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Life Beyond Earth, Part...
And through that exploration we've just begun to understand not only which worlds out there might be habitable, but we've also begun to better characterize how our own planet
Video examples
Do Komodo Dragons Eat...
Very rarely do people get attacked by Komodo dragons. Some people living on the villages near the dragons, particularly on Komodo, it is inhabited by people just living their lives, quite incredible to imagine, we couldn't quite comprehend that on your doorstep is the largest lizard in the world, and they probably think it's as normal as a seagull
Video examples
Snow Leopards: Ghosts in...
the shadow of the snow leopards that inhabit these mountains here so why do we use the camera traps we basically don't know how many smaller puts there are right and the camera traps are our eyes in the mountains which help us count how many smaller puts there are
Video examples
Chris Milk: How virtual...
But I don't want you in the frame, I don't want you in the window, I want you through the window, I want you on the other side, in the world, inhabiting the world. So that leads me back to virtual reality. Let's talk about virtual reality. Unfortunately,
Video examples
Why are there so many...
and helping them cope with habitats that other creatures can't. Even their small size, which we might see as a disadvantage, is something they use to their benefit. Because most species are so tiny, millions of insects can inhabit a small space
Video examples
Will future spacecraft...
and magnetic signals that could help predict earthquakes. But imagine how much more we could learn if they could fly beyond Earth's orbit. That's exactly what organizations, like NASA, want to send microspacecraft to scout habitable planets
Video examples
How fire shapes...
habitable well let's begin with fire among the ancient elements fire is the odd man out earth air water all are substances fire is a reaction it synthesizes its surroundings it takes its character from its context and that
Video examples
Should we be looking for...
and orbits not too close and too far away from its parent star, it could be rocky and warm enough to have oceans and perhaps life. Astronomers discover these potentially habitable planets, and their eyes get big and wide.
Video examples
Life Beyond Earth, Part...
that means that by necessity, we reach out. So when we do find a planet that harbors life, that is a habitable environment, that has biosignatures, and this is possible within the next one or two generations,
Video examples
Nathalie Cabrol: How...
Is there life beyond our solar system? And we can ask all those questions because there has been a revolution in our understanding of what a habitable planet is, and today, a habitable planet is a planet
Video examples
Life Beyond Earth, Part...
And through that exploration we've just begun to understand not only which worlds out there might be habitable, but we've also begun to better characterize how our own planet
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Alan Rickman
British Actor
Film has to be reflecting the world that we live in, and that's all you want to be a part of. Actors inhabit the same planet as everyone else. It's a weird thing that happens when you're an actor because people hold you up because you somehow embody in parts groups of people or people's hopes or something.
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Sonia Sotomayor
American Judge
I have spent my years since Princeton, while at law school and in my various professional jobs, not feeling completely a part of the worlds I inhabit. I am always looking over my shoulder wondering if I measure up.
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John F. Kennedy
American President
Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal.
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David Bowie
English Musician
For me, the world that I inhabit in reality is probably a very different world than the one people expect that I would be in.
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James A. Garfield
American President
Territory is but the body of a nation. The people who inhabit its hills and valleys are its soul, its spirit, its life.
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Henry Miller
American Author
Our own physical body possesses a wisdom which we who inhabit the body lack. We give it orders which make no sense.
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Eric Bana
Australian Actor
If you can jump up onstage and make people laugh, shouldn't you also be able to inhabit a character?
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Stockard Channing
American Actress
You don't want to play a character you can't inhabit or commit to fully.
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Plautus
Roman Playwright
Friendship is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.
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Tom Stoppard
English Dramatist
Hotel rooms inhabit a separate moral universe.
Quote examples
Alan Rickman
British Actor
Film has to be reflecting the world that we live in, and that's all you want to be a part of. Actors inhabit the same planet as everyone else. It's a weird thing that happens when you're an actor because people hold you up because you somehow embody in parts groups of people or people's hopes or something.
Quote examples
Sonia Sotomayor
American Judge
I have spent my years since Princeton, while at law school and in my various professional jobs, not feeling completely a part of the worlds I inhabit. I am always looking over my shoulder wondering if I measure up.
Quote examples
John F. Kennedy
American President
Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal.
Quote examples
David Bowie
English Musician
For me, the world that I inhabit in reality is probably a very different world than the one people expect that I would be in.
Quote examples
James A. Garfield
American President
Territory is but the body of a nation. The people who inhabit its hills and valleys are its soul, its spirit, its life.
Quote examples
Henry Miller
American Author
Our own physical body possesses a wisdom which we who inhabit the body lack. We give it orders which make no sense.
Quote examples
Eric Bana
Australian Actor
If you can jump up onstage and make people laugh, shouldn't you also be able to inhabit a character?
Quote examples
Stockard Channing
American Actress
You don't want to play a character you can't inhabit or commit to fully.
Quote examples
Plautus
Roman Playwright
Friendship is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.
Quote examples
Tom Stoppard
English Dramatist
Hotel rooms inhabit a separate moral universe.
Example 1 of 10
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