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live-in

/ˈlɪvˌɪn/

live-in adjective: living on the premises; usually said of a household employee or a domestic partner.

Adjective

live-in (not comparable)

  1. Living on the premises; usually said of a household employee or a domestic partner.
    • A live-in maid is a true luxury, but even a maid once a week is great.
    • The Air Force veteran fatally shot by police during last week’s US Capitol riot had been in a “throuple” with her husband and their live-in girlfriend, according to reports.2021 January 14, Tamar Lapin, “Ashli Babbitt, Air Force vet killed at Capitol, was in a ‘throuple’”, in New York Post, retrieved 22 Jul 2021

Noun

live-in (plural live-ins)

  1. A household employee or domestic partner who lives on the premises of the employer or partner.
    • 30, Camb seeks one man lover 20-32: shd lke domestic evenings, books, edc people, travel. Possible live-in for right guy.1974 February 2, “ATTRAC, WELL OFF HARV-ED GWM (personal advertisement)”, in Gay Community News, volume 1, number 32, page 14
    • […] but that doesn't stop families from hiring live-ins; nor does it stop newly arrived Latina migrant workers from taking jobs they urgently need.2001, Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, Doméstica, page 31
  2. A firefighter who lives at the fire station.

live-in meaning in Tamil

live-in in Tamil

உடனுறைபவர், உடனுறையும்

Forms of live-in

plurallive-ins

Origin of live-in

From live + in.

Words formed from live-in

Questions about live-in

What does live-in mean?
Live-in means living on the premises; usually said of a household employee or a domestic partner.
What is live-in in Tamil?
Live-in in Tamil is உடனுறைபவர், உடனுறையும். See Live-in meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is live-in?
Live-in can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce live-in?
Live-in is pronounced /ˈlɪvˌɪn/.

Words near live-in in the dictionary

  1. live-chatting
  2. live-for-ever
  3. live-for-evers
  4. live-forever
  5. live-forevers
  6. live-in
  7. live-in son-in-law
  8. live-ins
  9. live-long
  10. live-oaker
  11. live-oakers

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: live-in (page history and authors); live-in (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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