live in

live in
verb
live in the house where one works (Freq. 1)
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our babysitter lives in, as it is too far to commute for her

• Syn: ↑sleep in
• Ant: ↑live out
• Hypernyms: ↑board
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s

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intransitive verb
: to lodge in one's place of employment — used of a servant

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live in
To reside at one's place of employment
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Main Entry: ↑live

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ˌlive ˈin [intransitive] [present tense I/you/we/they live in he/she/it lives in present participle living in past tense lived in past participle lived in] phrasal verb
to live at the place where you work or study

Their nanny lives in.

Thesaurus: to live, stay or work in a particular placesynonym towns, cities and villageshyponym
Main entry: live

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(of an employee or student) reside at the place where one works or studies

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live in [phrasal verb]
chiefly Brit : to live in the place where you work : to live in another person's home

a maid who lives in

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Main Entry: ↑live

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ˌlive ˈin derived
to live at the place where you work or study

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They have an au pair living in.

see also ↑live-in
Main entry: ↑livederived

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