Meaning & use
habitational
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Meaning
adjectivebefore a nountechnicallaw
Relating to where someone lives or to the act of living in a place.
Grammar: Comes before a noun: habitational land, habitational use.
Patterns
- habitational land
- habitational use
- habitational insurance
The insurance policy covers both commercial and habitational properties.
The land is zoned for habitational use only, so you cannot build a factory there.
Habitational land is taxed at a lower rate than farmland in this county.
Common combinations
- habitational land
- The surveyor classified the plot as habitational land.
- habitational use
- The building has been approved for habitational use.
- habitational insurance
- Habitational insurance covers apartment buildings and rented homes.
- habitational property
- The firm specializes in habitational property management.
Synonyms and how they differ
- residential
- Residential is the everyday word for places where people live; habitational is narrower and mostly appears in legal or insurance texts.
Word family
- habitation noun
- The act of living in a place, or a place to live.
- habitable adjective
- Suitable for people to live in.
- inhabit verb
- To live in a place.
Commonly confused: habitational or habitual?
habitational vs habitual
Habitual means done regularly as a habit, while habitational relates to housing or living places.
Practice
The city changed the zoning from industrial to ______, allowing apartment buildings.
Choose one answer.
'Habitational' fits because it means related to housing or living places. 'Habitual' means done as a habit, and 'habitable' means fit to live in, which does not describe zoning categories.
Make it your own
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