live together

verb

share living quarters; usually said of people who are not married and live together as a couple

• Syn: ↑cohabit, ↑shack up

• Derivationally related forms: ↑cohabitation (for: ↑cohabit)

• Hypernyms: ↑populate, ↑dwell, ↑live, ↑inhabit

• Hyponyms: ↑miscegenate

• Verb Frames:

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live together

To cohabit

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Main Entry: ↑live

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ˈlive to ˌgether [intransitive] [present tense I/you/we/they live together he/she/it lives together present participle living together past tense lived together past participle lived together] phrasal verb

if two people live together, they are not married but live in the same house and have a sexual relationship

My parents don’t approve of us living together.

Thesaurus: to have a romantic or sexual relationship_hyponym man someone is having a relationship with_synonym

Main entry: live

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(esp. of a couple not married to each other) share a home and have a sexual relationship

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live together [phrasal verb]

: to live with another person and have sex without being married

They lived together for several months before getting married.

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Main Entry: ↑live

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ˈlive together derived

(also ˈlive with sb)

1. to live in the same house

2. to share a home and have a sexual relationship without being married

Syn: ↑cohabit

Main entry: ↑live_derived