moving in
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2.7
- noun
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mudanza
- After weeks of preparation, the couple finally completed their moving in to the apartment.
My wife and I are seeing a move in the next one to three years.
- My wife and I are seeing a move in the next one to three years.
Examples
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The family was excited about their moving in to the new house this weekend.
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She moved in with her mother.
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So we just moved in here a month ago.
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Like we did a lot of work to the house before we moved in to make it what it is today.
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Well, I remember back when we all moved in together, some of us were still new to the city.
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But when I moved in, it was completely empty and I paid $50 a month.
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You see, I'm moving in here from now on.
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The new neighbors are moving in!
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After I moved out of my mom's house, I moved in with my dad and I was very angry.
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After her mother's death, Leslie moved in with her aunt.
Fiction book (1998)
Synonyms
259
1.1
An act of changing the place where you live
23
3.1
Moving to a new place to live or work
11
4.6
Living in or using a building
6
4.2
The act of living in a place as a home
1
4.6
Moving into and using a building without the owner's permission
1
6.6
Living in a place as a permanent home
1
7.8
The state of living permanently in a place
How Settled
132
3.3
82
2.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun 'moving in' is directly derived from the phrasal verb move in (move + in), where 'move' indicates changing residence and 'in' signals entering/being inside a dwelling; this composition straightforwardly expresses taking up residence. This is a common, compositional pattern (verb + particle nominalized) and is therefore predictable for a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Moving in comes from the simple picture of carrying boxes and furniture through the front door into a new home, where you are literally moving your things in. So, the phrase means 'starting to live in' a place.