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living in

living in is the present participle and gerund 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 living in

What is living in the present participle and gerund of?
Living in is the present participle and gerund of live in.

Words near living in in the dictionary

  1. living hells
  2. living hinge
  3. living hinges
  4. living history
  5. living impaired
  6. living in
  7. living in each other's pockets
  8. living in hope
  9. living in sin
  10. living in the moment
  11. living in the past

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