Word
habitable
Phoneticshab·it·able
US/ˈhæbətəbəɫ/
UK/hˈæbɪtəbəl/
Definitions
01fit for living in
adj. safe and comfortable enough for people to live in.
adj. suitable for human habitation; meeting the basic standards of safety, shelter, and comfort required for residence.
“After the repairs were finished, the old house was finally habitable again.”
“The inspector declared the building habitable only after the landlord addressed the structural issues and restored the heating system.”
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02supporting life
adj. having the right conditions for life to exist, especially on other planets.
adj. capable of supporting or giving rise to life; often used in an astronomical or ecological context.
“Scientists are searching for habitable planets that might have water and air.”
“Astrophysicists focus their search on the habitable zone, where temperatures allow liquid water to exist on a planet's surface.”
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“Europa’s hidden ocean has made the icy moon one of the solar system’s most promising places to search for habitable conditions.” “And “less habitable” was pretty much the case before about 540 million years ago, toward the end of what’s called the Ediacaran period.” Etymology
From Middle English abitable, habytable, from Middle French habitable, from Latin habitābilis (“habitable”), from habitō (“dwell, live”). By surface analysis, habit (“inhabit”) + able.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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