INDEX:
1. to live in a place
2. to start to live in a place
3. when you live in the same house as someone else
4. to live with someone who you have a sexual relationship with
5. someone who lives in a place
6. when a place has people living in it
7. suitable/not suitable for people to live in
RELATED WORDS
period of time when someone or something is alive : ↑ LIFE
to live : ↑ ALIVE
to be alive after an accident, illness, or war : ↑ SURVIVE
see also
↑ HOME
↑ PLACE
↑ COUNTRY
↑ COME FROM
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1. to live in a place
▷ live /lɪv/ [intransitive verb]
to have your home in a particular place :
▪ Where do you live?
live in
▪ Do you like living in Tokyo?
▪ Judy lives in that nice house on the corner.
▪ How do you like living in the city again after so many years away from it?
live at
▪ In 1905 Russell was living at 4 Ralston Street.
live at home
to live in your parents’ house
▪ Donald is 30 years old, but he still lives at home.
live abroad
live in a foreign country
▪ They lived abroad for several years but moved back when the children were school age.
live in
live at the place where you work or study British
▪ Many students prefer to live in during their first year of study.
▷ be from /biː ˈfrɒm/ [verb phrase] especially spoken
use this to talk about the place where you live :
▪ My name’s Sharon and I’m from Harlow.
▪ The man is believed to be from somewhere in the north of England.
▪ Where are you from?
▷ reside /rɪˈzaɪd/ [intransitive verb] formal
to live in a country, city, or area - used in official contexts :
reside in
▪ Miss Badu grew up in Dallas but now resides in Brooklyn.
▪ At that time there were many American writers residing in Paris.
reside at
▪ Miss Tonelli, how exactly did you come to reside at your current address?
reside abroad
live in a foreign country
▪ The government bureau has prepared a booklet for U.S. citizens residing abroad.
▷ grow up /ˌgrəʊ ˈʌp/ [intransitive phrasal verb]
to live in a place during the time when you are a child :
▪ This is the neighborhood where my father grew up.
grow up in
▪ Margaret Hallworth was born in Manchester but grew up in North Wales.
grow up on
▪ I grew up on a farm in eastern Pennsylvania.
▷ inhabit /ɪnˈhæbɪt, ɪnˈhæbət/ [transitive verb usually in passive]
if a group of people or animals inhabit an area of land, they live there, especially over a long period of time or permanently - used especially in reports and written contexts :
▪ The island is mainly inhabited by sheep.
▪ Some tribes still inhabit the more remote mountains and jungles of the country.
▷ be populated by /biː ˈpɒpjɑleɪtə̇d baɪǁ-ˈpɑːp-/ [verb phrase]
if an area of land is populated by a particular type of people or animals, they are the people or animals who live there :
▪ This area of Antarctica is populated only by seals and penguins.
be heavily populated by
to have a large number of a particular group
▪ Mindanao is an island in the southern Philippines heavily populated by Muslims.
2. to start to live in a place
▷ settle /ˈsetl/ [intransitive verb]
to start to live permanently in a country or city, after you have lived in several different places :
settle in
▪ We lived in Thailand, then Singapore, and finally settled in Hong Kong.
▪ The family settled in a small Nevada town where they opened a store.
▷ set up house /ˌset ʌp ˈhaʊs/ [verb phrase]
to start to live in your own home for the first time, for example after getting married or leaving your parents’ home :
▪ They first set up house together in Atlanta and moved to Miami three years later.
▪ He rarely left the Brooklyn apartment where he had set up house.
set up house with
▪ Her parents were very upset when she set up house with her boyfriend.
▷ take up residence /ˌteɪk ʌp ˈrezə̇d ə ns/ [verb phrase] formal
to start to live in a country, city, or a building, especially in order to start working at a job :
take up residence in
▪ He left the country in December to take up residence in Panama.
take up residence at
▪ In 1953 Diem took up residence at a monastery in Belgium.
3. when you live in the same house as someone else
▷ live with /ˈlɪv wɪð/ [verb phrase]
▪ For two months I lived with a French family in Paris to improve my French.
▪ What’s the name of the guy you live with?
▪ We’ve been trying to persuade Jack’s elderly mother to come and live with us.
▷ share a house/apartment/room/flat with /ˌʃeər ə ˈhaʊs, əˈpɑːʳtmənt, ˈruːm, ˈflæt wɪð/ [verb phrase]
to live with someone who is not a member of your family and not your sexual partner :
▪ My brother shares a house with four other students.
▪ Kim and I shared an apartment when I first moved to L.A.
▷ room with /ˈruːm wɪð/ [verb phrase] American
to live in the same room as someone at college :
▪ Do you remember Diane? I roomed with her at college.
▪ Have you decided who you’re going to room with next year?
▷ flatmate British /roommate American /ˈflætmeɪt, ˈruːm-meɪt/ [countable noun]
someone that you share an apartment with, who is not a member of your family and not your sexual partner :
▪ This is Rosalind, my flatmate.
▪ You can’t have a party without asking your flatmate first.
▪ My roommate and I aren’t getting along very well - I think I’m going to have to move.
4. to live with someone who you have a sexual relationship with
▷ live with /ˈlɪv wɪð/ [transitive phrasal verb]
▪ I lived with Stuart for three years before we broke up.
▪ Have you ever met the woman that Glen is living with?
▷ live together /ˈlɪv təˌgeðəʳ/ [intransitive phrasal verb]
if two people live together, they live in the same house and have a sexual relationship :
▪ These days people often live together before getting married.
▪ Al really wants us to live together, but I’m not sure I’m ready.
▷ cohabit /ˌkəʊˈhæbɪt, ˌkəʊˈhæbət/ [intransitive verb] formal
to live with someone as if you were married to them :
▪ Only about one in three couples who cohabit end up getting married.
cohabit with
▪ Most divorcees either remarry or cohabit with another partner.
cohabitation /kəʊˌhæbɪˈteɪʃ ə n, kəʊˌhæbəˈteɪʃ ə n/ [uncountable noun]
▪ In the past, cohabitation was strongly disapproved of.
▷ shack up /ˌʃæk ˈʌp/ [intransitive phrasal verb] informal
to start to live with someone who you have a sexual relationship with - often used humorously :
shack up with
▪ He’s shacking up with some girl he met at the beach.
be shacked up
be living together
▪ Once they were shacked up, all they did was fight.
5. someone who lives in a place
▷ population /ˌpɒpjɑˈleɪʃ ə nǁˌpɑːp-/ [singular noun]
all the people in a country or town or area, or the number of people who live in it :
▪ In Ghana 46% of the population is under 16 years of age.
▪ The patients have been isolated to keep the disease from spreading to the rest of the population.
population of
▪ The population of Singapore is almost 3 million.
the adult/Muslim/black etc population
all the people in a place who are adult, Muslim etc
▪ Ninety percent of the adult population is literate.
population growth
▪ The U.S. has a rate of population growth that is five times that of Europe.
▷ resident /ˈrezɪd ə nt, ˈrezəd ə nt/ [countable noun]
someone who lives in a particular area of a town, a particular street or building etc :
▪ Local residents are protesting about the new road.
▪ Parking spaces are for residents only.
resident of
▪ Residents of Glacier Bay are complaining about the pollution caused by cruise ships.
▷ inhabitant /ɪnˈhæbɪtənt, ɪnˈhæbətənt/ [countable noun usually plural] written
one of the people who live in a place, especially in a town or city or in an area of a country :
▪ Copenhagen has about 1.4 million inhabitants.
▪ This is a poor rural area, with only one doctor per 10,000 inhabitants.
inhabitant of
▪ Nearly 36% of the inhabitants of Saudi Arabia are resident foreigners.
▷ citizen /ˈsɪtɪz ə n, ˈsɪtəz ə n/ [countable noun]
someone who lives in a particular country or city and who has the right to be protected by its laws :
▪ The police asked if we were both British citizens.
citizen of
▪ The court’s ruling should be of interest to every citizen of Texas.
▷ local /ˈləʊk ə l/ [countable noun usually plural] informal
someone who lives in a particular area, especially in a village or small town :
▪ If you get lost just ask one of the locals for directions.
▪ Denver International Airport was built in an area that locals call ‘Tornado Alley.’
▷ tenant /ˈtenənt/ [countable noun]
someone who lives in a house, flat, or room and regularly pays money to the person who owns it :
▪ Tenants are not allowed to keep pets.
▪ Have you found any tenants for your house yet?
tenant of
▪ Twelve tenants of the Lockwood housing complex are taking part in the lawsuit against their landlord.
▷ occupant /ˈɒkjɑpəntǁˈɑːk-/ [countable noun] formal
someone who lives in a particular house, room etc :
▪ They have left all the furniture and carpets in the house for the next occupant.
occupant of
▪ Occupants of the building are understandably upset about the high-rise going up next door.
▷ occupier /ˈɒkjɑpaɪəʳǁˈɑːk-/ [countable noun] especially British formal
the person who lives in a particular house, flat etc - used especially in official documents :
▪ The document has to be signed by the occupier of every household.
owner-occupier
someone who lives in a house that they own
▪ The new law affects everyone from tenants to owner-occupiers.
▷ squatter /ˈskwɒtəʳǁˈskwɑː-/ [countable noun]
someone who lives in an empty building without paying rent and without having permission to live there :
▪ Police have removed over 50 squatters from the housing estate.
▪ Squatters insist that without their work, the buildings would have deteriorated to the point of being unusable.
▷ settler /ˈsetləʳ/ [countable noun]
someone who goes to live in a place that people have never lived in before :
▪ Many of the earliest settlers here dies from disease and hunger.
▪ Settlers found a plentiful supply of fruit and game in the nearby forests.
6. when a place has people living in it
▷ inhabited /ɪnˈhæbɪtəd, ɪnˈhæbətəd/ [adjective]
an area of land or a building that is inhabited has people living in it :
▪ Only two of the islands are inhabited.
▪ This tiny town has been an inhabited area for over 3,000 years.
▷ occupied /ˈɒkjɑpaɪdǁˈɑːk-/ [adjective not before noun]
a building or room that is occupied has people living in it :
▪ None of the flats is occupied - they’ve only just been built.
▷ populated /ˈpɒpjɑleɪtɪd, ˈpɒpjɑleɪtədǁˈpɑːp-/ [adjective]
with people living there :
▪ Bears are appearing more and more frequently in populated areas
densely/heavily populated
having many people
▪ The north-east has always been more densely populated than the rest of the country.
thinly/sparsely populated
having few people
▪ French Guiana is a sparsely populated wilderness.
▷ residential area /ˌrezɪdenʃ ə l ˈe ə riə, ˌrezədenʃ ə l ˈe ə riə/ [countable noun]
an area where there are houses where people live :
▪ The museum is about 6 blocks from downtown in a quiet residential area.
▪ London’s main airport is surrounded by densely populated residential areas.
▷ human habitation /ˌhjuːmən hæbə̇ˈteɪʃ ə n/ [noun phrase] formal
use this about a place that humans live in or have lived in in the past :
▪ The only sign of human habitation was a charred area where there had once been a fire.
7. suitable/not suitable for people to live in
▷ habitable /ˈhæbɪtəb ə l, ˈhæbətəb ə l/ [adjective]
a building or area of land that is habitable is suitable for people to live in, for example because it is clean enough, warm enough, safe enough etc :
▪ There are already plans to renovate the buildings and make them habitable.
▪ Japan is mostly mountainous and has a only a relatively narrow strip of habitable land along the coasts.
▷ be fit to live in /biː ˌfɪt tə ˈlɪv ɪn/ [verb phrase]
if a building is fit to live in, it is in a suitable condition for people to live in it :
▪ As soon as the farm was fit to live in, we moved all our things there.
not be fit to live in
not in a suitable condition for people to live in
▪ The first apartment we looked at just wasn’t fit to live in.
▷ uninhabitable /ˌʌnɪnˈhæbɪtəb ə l, ˌʌnɪnˈhæbətəb ə l/ [adjective]
not suitable for living in or on :
▪ A nuclear accident would make the whole region uninhabitable.
▪ Twenty of the houses damaged by the storm were declared uninhabitable.
▷ unfit for human habitation /ʌnˌfɪt fəʳ ˌhjuːmən hæbə̇iteɪʃ ə n/ [adjective phrase]
not suitable for people to live in, especially because of being dirty, cold, or wet - used especially in official contexts :
▪ The court was told that Blake had charged hundreds of dollars in rent for rooms that were unfit for human habitation.
▪ In the 1960s, the flats were declared unfit for human habitation and demolished.