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moved in

moved in is the simple past and past participle of move in.

Meaning of move in

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.
    Antonyms:
    move out
  2. (transitive) To bring to a new place to live.
    • I moved my mom in when she got sick.
  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.
  5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see move, in.

Adjective

moved in (not comparable)

  1. Settled into a new environment; having brought one's belongings to a new home or workplace and arranged the place to be agreeable.

Forms of moved in

alternative formmoved-in

Questions about moved in

What does moved in mean?
Moved in means settled into a new environment; having brought one's belongings to a new home or workplace and arranged the place to be agreeable.
What is moved in the simple past and past participle of?
Moved in is the simple past and past participle of move in.
What part of speech is moved in?
Moved in is an adjective.

Words near moved in in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: moved in (page history and authors); move in (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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