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lives in

lives in is the third-person singular simple present indicative of live in.

Meaning of live in

Verb

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

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

Questions about lives in

What is lives in the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Lives in is the third-person singular simple present indicative of live in.

Words near lives in in the dictionary

  1. lives dangerously
  2. lives down
  3. lives down to
  4. lives for
  5. lives from paycheck to paycheck
  6. lives in
  7. lives in each other's pockets
  8. lives in hope
  9. lives in sin
  10. lives in the moment
  11. lives in the past

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