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move in

/ˌmuːv ˈɪn/

move in verb: to start living or working in a new place; to transport one's belongings to a new home or workplace; to make one's home or workplace into a suitable environment.

Verb

move in (third-person singular simple present moves in, present participle moving in, simple past and past participle moved in)

  1. (intransitive) To start living or working in a new place; to transport one's belongings to a new home or workplace; to make one's home or workplace into a suitable environment.
    • We move in to our new place in August.
    • Those two moved in together when they got engaged.
    Antonyms:
    move out
  2. (transitive) To bring to a new place to live.
    • I moved my mom in when she got sick.
    • "Oh yeah, what if I just moved you in so I could have sex with you every time I wanted to?"2009, Henri Jah Marquis, Betrayal in the Bayou, page 61
  3. (intransitive) To move closer.
    • The lions moved in for the kill.
  4. (intransitive) To attempt to take control (of something) forcibly.
    • Troops will move in if the civil unrest continues.
    • Regulatory officials may move in on the company soon.
  5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see move, in.

move in meaning in Tamil and Sanskrit

move in in Tamil

உலவு

move in in Sanskrit

to move in or along a curve
अङ्कयति aṅkáyati

Antonyms of move in

Forms of move in

third-person singular presentmoves in
present participlemoving in
past participlemoved in
pastmoved in

Questions about move in

What does move in mean?
Move in means to start living or working in a new place; to transport one's belongings to a new home or workplace; to make one's home or workplace into a suitable environment.
What is move in in Tamil?
Move in in Tamil is உலவு. See Move in meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is move in?
Move in is a verb.
How do you pronounce move in?
Move in is pronounced /ˌmuːv ˈɪn/.
What is the past tense of move in?
The past tense of move in is moved in.

Words near move in in the dictionary

  1. move down a peg
  2. move forward
  3. move furniture
  4. move heaven and earth
  5. move house
  6. move in
  7. move in on
  8. move into
  9. move it
  10. move it or lose it
  11. move mountains

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Adapted from Wiktionary: move in (page history and authors); move in (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); अङ्कयति (Sanskrit) (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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