Dictionary

move in en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˌmuːv ˈɪn/
• (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

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 are still moving in, so the house doesn't feel like home yet.
   • Those two moved in together when they got engaged.
   • We move in to our new place in August.
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.

Forms

Antonyms

move out

Relateds

move in on

Translations (12)

ru всели́ться (start living or working in a new place) · ru вселя́ться (start living or working in a new place) · sv flytta in (start living or working in a new place) · es mudarse para acá (start living or working in a new place) · de einziehen (start living or working in a new place) · fr emménager (start living or working in a new place) · da flytte ind (start living or working in a new place) · ru въе́хать (start living or working in a new place) · pl wprowadzić się (start living or working in a new place) · nb flytte inn (start living or working in a new place) · pl wprowadzać się (start living or working in a new place) · ru въезжа́ть (start living or working in a new place)