live in

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  • (file)

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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.
    • 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[1], volume 14, number 12, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1970:
      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.

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