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Dictionary: live-in   (lĭv'ĭn')
 
adj.
  1. Residing in the place where one is employed: a live-in cook.
  2. Residing together with another, especially in a sexual relationship.

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Idioms: live in
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1.  Reside in one's place of employment or schooling, as in They wanted a baby-sitter who could live in, or Joe was planning to live in at the college. This expression is used primarily for domestic servants or students. [Late 1800s] Also see live out.
2.  live in something. Continue in existence, memory, or some feeling. This sense appears in such phrases as live in the past, meaning "to concentrate on past memories," or live in hope of, meaning "to continue anticipating that something will happen." For example, Alice lived in the past; she had no interest in current events, or Jim lived in hope of getting a teaching post. Also see live in sin.


 
WordNet: live in
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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: live in the house where one works
  Synonym: sleep in
  Antonym: live out (meaning #2)


 
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - hushjælp der bor på stedet
n. - samlever

Nederlands (Dutch)
inwonend, intern

Français (French)
adj. - à demeure
n. - personne à demeure

Deutsch (German)
adj. - im Haus lebend, am Arbeitsplatz wohnend
n. - Mitbewohner

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - που μένει μέσα στο χώρο εργασίας, που συζεί

Italiano (Italian)
residente

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - interno

Русский (Russian)
сожитель, проживающий у хозяев или по месту работы, проживающий на чужой квартире

Español (Spanish)
adj. - relativo a la vida en pareja sin estar casado
n. - concubinato

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - inneboende

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
住在受雇之处的, 同居的, 住在雇主家的人, 同居者, 住宿示威

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 住在受雇之處的, 同居的
n. - 住在雇主家的人, 同居者, 住宿示威

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 더부살이인, 동거하고 있는, 거주에 관한
n. - 농성 , 동거하는 상태

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 住み込みの

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) شخص يعيش حيث يعمل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮חי/ה עם בת/בן זוג, גר במקום עבודתו‬
n. - ‮אדם החי עם בת/בן זוגו, אדם הגר במקום עבודתו‬


 
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Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2007. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  Read more
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