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live-in
[liv-in]
adjective
Also residing at the place of one's employment.
a live-in maid.
living in a cohabitant relationship.
noun
a live-in person.
live in
/ ɪ /
verb
(of an employee, as in a hospital or hotel) to dwell at one's place of employment
adjective
living in the place at which one works
a live-in maid
living with someone else in that person's home
a live-in lover
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of live-in1
Idioms and Phrases
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 .
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 .
Example Sentences
Three other defendants pleaded guilty last year in connection with Perry’s death: Dr. Mark Chavez; Kenneth Iwamasa, who was Perry’s live-in personal assistant; and alleged drug dealer Erik Fleming.
In addition to a live-in staffer who monitored the girls, Madder says video cameras watched and recorded their private conversations.
When the desperately depressed 19-year-old college dropout, Hai, meets the 82-year-old Grazina, he becomes her live-in caregiver.
And even today there are still pages of classified adverts for livery workers and other assorted varieties of domestic help but the demand now is more for live-in carers for the elderly than butlers or nannies.
It’s designed as a carriage house, and the story is Madame Leota has taken it over as a live-in space.
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