live-in

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adjective

ˈliv-ˌin

: living in one's place of employment

a live-in caregiver

: being or involving people in a romantic or sexual relationship who live together and are not married

a live-in partner

a live-in relationship

live-in noun

plural live-ins

live in

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verb

lived in; living in; lives in

intransitive verb

: to live in one's place of employment : live in another's home

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Adjective

Six days later, Brown was sentenced to three months at a live-in anger management rehab facility. February 2014: Chris Brown is diagnosed with bipolar disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder Brown was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder by doctors while in rehab. —

Alex Heigl, People.com, 23 Jan. 2025 Buckle up, folks: A mother-and-daughter duo have a story to tell about their live-in nurse named Bridget. —

Julie Klausner, Vulture, 27 Dec. 2024

Verb

Margarethe, who was 66 at the time, was forced to live in a Jewish old person's home in Vienna. —

Marcy Thompson, Scientific American, 23 Jan. 2025 More about Isabelle Taft More on the Southern California Wildfires Late Evacuation Orders: All 17 people who died in the Eaton fire lived in an area where evacuation orders came hours later than others, even as homes nearby were already burning. —

Isabelle Taft, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for live-in