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View synonyms for live-in

live-in

[ liv-in ]

adjective

  1. Also residing at the place of one's employment:

    a live-in maid.

  2. living in a cohabitant relationship.


noun

  1. a live-in person.

live in

/ lɪv /

verb

  1. (of an employee, as in a hospital or hotel) to dwell at one's place of employment
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


adjective

  1. living in the place at which one works

    a live-in maid

  2. living with someone else in that person's home

    a live-in lover

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of live-in1

1950–55; adj., noun use of verb phrase live in ( a place )
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Example Sentences

He had been arrested and briefly jailed in Gary in 2004, after an incident triggered by a breakup with a live-in girlfriend.

A California family is struggling to evict their now-fired live-in nanny—and tenancy laws are on her side.

His live-in partner, Valerie Trierweiler, from whom he recently announced his separation, was not liked in France.

As one of my friends noted, if a live-in boyfriend had done this to me, he'd have more than the CIA to worry about.

Services can also include accompaniment to and from rehab centers and traveling with the client—but not 24/7 live-in coaching.

We will still be husband and wife; we will take a small lodging, and you shall housekeep and live in-doors.

The job that I had quit I was making $25 a week, gentlemen—a 24-hour live-in job.

If I except the water-bucket, which now and then goes down in the yard, we always live in-doors.

We will still be husband and wife; we will take a small lodging, and you shall house-keep and live in-doors.

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