habitable

[ hab-i-tuh-buhl ]

/ ˈhæb ɪ tə bəl /

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adjective

capable of being inhabited.

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Origin of habitable

1350–1400; Middle English habitābilis, equivalent to habitā(re) to inhabit (see habitat) + -bilis-ble; replacing Middle English abitable<Middle French

OTHER WORDS FROM habitable

hab·it·a·bil·i·ty, hab·it·a·ble·ness, nounhab·it·a·bly, adverbnon·hab·it·a·bil·i·ty, nounnon·hab·it·a·ble, adjective

non·hab·it·a·ble·ness, nounnon·hab·it·a·bly, adverbun·hab·it·a·ble, adjectiveun·hab·it·a·ble·ness, nounun·hab·it·a·bly, adverb

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH habitable

habitable , inhabitable, uninhabitable

Words nearby habitable

habilitate, habilitation, Habima, Habiru, habit, habitable, habitan, habitancy, habitant, habitat, habitation

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How to use habitable in a sentence

It could be one of the closest habitable planet prospects to date, although it’s probably not much like Earth if it exists.
There’s a tantalizing sign of a habitable-zone planet in Alpha Centauri|Neel Patel|February 10, 2021|MIT Technology Review
The Emirates Mars Mission is part of a larger investigation that planetary scientists have been pursuing for decades now, hoping to discover what transformed Mars from a wet, warm, potentially habitable world into a dry and cold one.
The UAE’s Hope probe is about to arrive at Mars in a historic first|Neel Patel|February 9, 2021|MIT Technology Review
Plus, at least three of them appear to be in the star’s habitable zone, the region where temperatures might be right for liquid water.
Two exoplanet families redefine what planetary systems can look like|Lisa Grossman|February 5, 2021|Science News
If there are no volatiles—and therefore no indication was once habitable or still might be—a sample return mission seems highly unlikely.
We’re living in a golden age of sample return missions|Neel Patel|February 2, 2021|MIT Technology Review

In fact, most planets that stayed habitable at least once, did so fewer than ten times out of 100.
It’s a cosmic miracle that life on Earth’s lasted this long|By Toby Tyrrell/The Conversation|January 25, 2021|Popular-Science
Although Escobar's Cathedral was still incomplete, it was habitable.
Pablo Escobar’s Private Prison Is Now Run by Monks for Senior Citizens|Jeff Campagna|June 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In our Solar System, only smaller, rocky planets orbit within the habitable zone.
Could ‘Star Wars’ Be Right About Habitable Moons?|Matthew R. Francis|May 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Imagine, though, a Saturn-mass exoplanet with a Titan-sized moon orbiting its star within the habitable zone.
Could ‘Star Wars’ Be Right About Habitable Moons?|Matthew R. Francis|May 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
So, for us to know if Kepler-186f is habitable or not, we have to consider several “ifs”.
What Does the Discovery of “Another Earth” Mean for Us?|Matthew R. Francis|April 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Venus orbits the Sun within the habitable zone, and is only slightly smaller than Earth.
What Does the Discovery of “Another Earth” Mean for Us?|Matthew R. Francis|April 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Switzerland, though a small country, and not half of this habitable, speaks three different languages.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
This was the first small beginning of that great tourist business which now encircles the habitable globe.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
Somewhere you must go, for the workmen are coming into the house; and for the next two months it will not be habitable.
Elster's Folly|Mrs. Henry Wood
It was true that almost every habitable part of America had already been seized by some European power.
The History of England from the Accession of James II.|Thomas Babington Macaulay
No great attempt was made to get the guardians to provide the necessary separate accommodation, or to make it decently habitable.
English Poor Law Policy|Sidney Webb

British Dictionary definitions for habitable

habitable

/ (ˈhæbɪtəbəl) /

adjective

able to be lived in

Derived forms of habitable

habitability or habitableness, nounhabitably, adverb

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