liveness

live ¹  (lv)

v. lived, liv·ing, lives

v.intr.

1. To be alive; exist.

2. To continue to be alive: lived through a bad accident.

3. To support oneself; subsist: living on rice and fish; lives on a small inheritance.

4. To reside; dwell: lives on a farm.

5. To conduct one's life in a particular manner: lived frugally.

6. To pursue a positive, satisfying existence; enjoy life: those who truly live.

7. To remain in human memory: an event that lives on in our minds.

v.tr.

1. To spend or pass (one's life).

2. To go through; experience: lived a nightmare.

3. To practice in one's life: live one's beliefs.

Phrasal Verbs:

live down

To overcome or reduce the shame of (a misdeed, for example) over a period of time.

live in

To reside in the place where one is employed: household servants who live in.

live out

To live outside one's place of domestic employment: household servants who live out.

live with

To put up with; resign oneself to: disliked the situation but had to live with it.

Idioms:

live it up Slang

To engage in festive pleasures or extravagances.

live up to

1. To live or act in accordance with: lived up to their parents' ideals.

2. To prove equal to: a new technology that did not live up to our expectations.

3. To carry out; fulfill: lived up to her end of the bargain.

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[Middle English liven, from Old English libban, lifian; see leip- in Indo-European roots.]

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live ²  (lv)

adj.

1. Having life; alive: live animals. See Synonyms at living.

2. Of, related to, or occurring during the life of one that is living: a live birth; the live weight of an animal before being slaughtered.

3. Of current interest or relevance: a live topic; still a live option.

4. Informal Full of life, excitement, or activity; lively: a live crowd at the parade; a live party.

5. Glowing; burning: live coals.

6. Not yet exploded but capable of being fired: live ammunition.

7. Electricity Carrying an electric current or energized with electricity: live cables lying dangerously on the ground.

8. Not mined or quarried; in the natural state: live ore.

9.

a. Broadcast while actually being performed; not taped, filmed, or recorded: a live television program.

b. Involving performers or spectators who are physically present: live entertainment; a live audience.

10. Of, relating to, or containing living, often modified microorganisms: a live vaccine; live yogurt cultures.

11. Printing Not yet set into type: live copy.

12. Sports In play: a live ball.

adv.

At, during, or from the time of actual occurrence or performance: The landing on the moon was telecast live.

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[Short for alive.]

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liveness n.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

liveness - the property of being animated; having animal life as distinguished from plant life animateness, aliveness physiological property - a property having to do with the functioning of the body animation, vitality - the property of being able to survive and grow; "the vitality of a seed" sentience - the readiness to perceive sensations; elementary or undifferentiated consciousness; "gave sentience to slugs and newts"- Richard Eberhart