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

Examples of live-in in a Sentence

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Adjective

The suspect, her live-in boyfriend, was at the residence when authorities first arrived at the scene but had left by the time officers entered, police wrote in charging papers. —

Racquel Bazos, Baltimore Sun, 19 Dec. 2024 His wife, their two adult children and their partners are live-in residents when the young housemaid, a single mother of an 11-month-old infant, is murdered. —

Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 8 Dec. 2024

Verb

The couple has lived in a variety of places over the years, including Thailand, Guatemala, Indonesia and the island of Nevis in the West Indies. —

Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 24 Dec. 2024 Jennifer lives in Baltimore with her spouse, physicist Sean M. Carroll, and their two cats, Ariel and Caliban. —

Ars Technica, 24 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for live-in