live in

verb

To reside on the premises of one's employer (used especially of domestic staff such as nannies, cooks, maids, etc.)

Similar
sleep in
Opposite
live out
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Meanings

verblive in (third-person singular simple present lives in, present participle living in, simple past and past participle lived in)

present singular third person lives in · participle present living in · participle past lived in · past lived in

  1. intransitiveTo reside on the premises of one's employer (used especially of domestic staff such as nannies, cooks, maids, etc.)
  2. literalUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see live, in.

    In January 2005, a 27-year-old woman living in Fongshan City, Kaohsiung County, in southern Taiwan as admitted to Kaohsiung Medicial University Hospital with a 4-day history of intermittent fever (37.8°C-38.0°C), chills, headache, and fatigue.

    2008, Kun-Hsien Tsai, Hsiu-Ying Lu, Jih-Jin Tsai, Sheng-Kai Yu, Jyh-Hsiung Huang, Pei-Yun Shu, “Human Case of Rickettsia felis Infection, Taiwan”, in Emerging Infectious Diseases, volume 14, number 12, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1970

Synonyms & antonyms

verblive in the house where one works

Similar
sleep in
Opposite
live out
Broader
board
Also see
sleep in

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Cite this entry
APA

live in. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/live%20in

MLA

“live in.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/live%20in. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “live in,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/live%20in.

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