live 1 (l v)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 to1. 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.
[Middle English liven, from Old English libban, lifian; see leip- in Indo-European roots.] |
live 1 Verb [living, lived] 1. to show the characteristics of life; be alive 2. to remain alive or in existence 3. to exist in a specified way: to live at ease 4. to have one's home: he went to live in Switzerland 5. to continue or last: his childhood had always lived inside him 6. (foll. by on, upon, by)to support one's style of life: forest dwellers who live by extracting rubber 7. (foll. by with)to endure the effects (of a crime or mistake); tolerate 8. to pass or spend (one's life) 9. to enjoy life to the full: he likes to live every day to the full 10. to put into practice in one's daily life: the freedom to live his own life as he chooses 11. live and let live to be tolerant
live 2 Adjective 1. alive; living 2. Radio, television transmitted at the time of performance, rather than being prerecorded: a live broadcast 3. actual: I was able to speak to a real live Hurricane pilot 4. (of a record) recorded during a performance 5. connected to a source of electric power: a live cable 6. of current interest; controversial: the document has become a live political issue 7. loaded or capable of exploding: a live firing exercise with a 4.5in gun 8. (of a coal or ember) glowing or burning Adverb during, at, or in the form of a live performance [shortened from on live alive]
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms | Verb | 1. | live - inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of; "People lived in Africa millions of years ago"; "The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted"; "this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean"; "deer are populating the woods"lodge in, occupy, reside - live (in a certain place); "She resides in Princeton"; "he occupies two rooms on the top floor" people - furnish with people; "The plains are sparsely populated" overpopulate - cause to have too great a population; "Some towns in New Jersey are becoming overpopulated" lodge - be a lodger; stay temporarily; "Where are you lodging in Paris?" bivouac, camp, camp out, encamp, tent - live in or as if in a tent; "Can we go camping again this summer?"; "The circus tented near the town"; "The houseguests had to camp in the living room" nest - inhabit a nest, usually after building; "birds are nesting outside my window every Spring" be - occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere; "Where is my umbrella?" "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?" room, board - live and take one's meals at or in; "she rooms in an old boarding house" live in, sleep in - live in the house where one works; "our babysitter lives in, as it is too far to commute for her" sleep out, live out - work in a house where one does not live; "our cook lives out; he can easily commute from his home" | | 2. | live - lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style; "we had to live frugally after the war"move - live one's life in a specified environment; "she moves in certain circles only" dissipate - live a life of pleasure, especially with respect to alcoholic consumption live - pursue a positive and satisfying existence; "You must accept yourself and others if you really want to live" swing - live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style; "The Woodstock generation attempted to swing freely" live down, unlive - live so as to annul some previous behavior; "You can never live this down!" wanton - indulge in a carefree or voluptuous way of life vegetate - lead a passive existence without using one's body or mind bushwhack - live in the bush as a fugitive or as a guerilla eke out - live from day to day, as with some hardship; "He eked out his years in great poverty" cash out - choose a simpler life style after questioning personal and career satisfaction goals; "After 3 decades in politics, she cashed out and moved to Polynesia" | | 3. | live - continue to live through hardship or adversity; "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents"; "how long can a person last without food and water?"live, be - have life, be alive; "Our great leader is no more"; "My grandfather lived until the end of war" subsist, exist, survive, live - support oneself; "he could barely exist on such a low wage"; "Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?"; "Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day" hold water, stand up, hold up - resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc.; "Her shoes won't hold up"; "This theory won't hold water" perennate - survive from season to season, of plants live out - live out one's life; live to the end | | 4. | live - support oneself; "he could barely exist on such a low wage"; "Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?"; "Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day"breathe - be alive; "Every creature that breathes" freewheel, drift - live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely; "My son drifted around for years in California before going to law school" live on, survive, last, live, endure, hold out, hold up, go - continue to live through hardship or adversity; "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents"; "how long can a person last without food and water?" | | 5. | live - have life, be alive; "Our great leader is no more"; "My grandfather lived until the end of war"live on, survive, last, live, endure, hold out, hold up, go - continue to live through hardship or adversity; "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents"; "how long can a person last without food and water?" | | 6. | live - have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations; "I know the feeling!"; "have you ever known hunger?"; "I have lived a kind of hell when I was a drug addict"; "The holocaust survivors have lived a nightmare"; "I lived through two divorces"taste - experience briefly; "The ex-slave tasted freedom shortly before she died" live over, relive - experience again, often in the imagination; "He relived the horrors of war" | | 7. | live - pursue a positive and satisfying existence; "You must accept yourself and others if you really want to live"live - lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style; "we had to live frugally after the war" | | Adj. | 1. |  live - actually being performed at the time of hearing or viewing; "a live television program"; "brought to you live from Lincoln Center"; "live entertainment involves performers actually in the physical presence of a live audience"recorded - set down or registered in a permanent form especially on film or tape for reproduction; "recorded music" | | 2. | live - exerting force or containing energy; "live coals"; "tossed a live cigarette out the window"; "got a shock from a live wire"; "live ore is unmined ore"; "a live bomb"; "a live ball is one in play"active - (of e.g. volcanos) erupting or liable to erupt; "active volcanos" dead - not showing characteristics of life especially the capacity to sustain life; no longer exerting force or having energy or heat; "Mars is a dead planet"; "dead soil"; "dead coals"; "the fire is dead" | | 3. | live - possessing life; "the happiest person alive"; "the nerve is alive"; "doctors are working hard to keep him alive"; "burned alive"; "a live canary"animate - endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life; "we are animate beings" | | 4. | live - highly reverberant; "a live concert hall"reverberant - having a tendency to reverberate or be repeatedly reflected; "a reverberant room"; "the reverberant booms of cannon" | | 5. | live - charged with an explosive; "live ammunition"; "a live bomb"loaded - (of weapons) charged with ammunition; "a loaded gun" | | 6. | live - elastic; rebounds readily; "clean bouncy hair"; "a lively tennis ball"; "as resilient as seasoned hickory"; "springy turf"elastic - capable of resuming original shape after stretching or compression; springy; "an elastic band"; "a youthful and elastic walk" | | 7. | live - abounding with life and energy; "the club members are a really live bunch"colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech lively - full of life and energy; "a lively discussion"; "lively and attractive parents"; "a lively party" | | 8. | live - in current use or ready for use; "live copy is ready to be set in type or already set but not yet proofread"current - occurring in or belonging to the present time; "current events"; "the current topic"; "current negotiations"; "current psychoanalytic theories"; "the ship's current position" | | 9. | live - of current relevance; "a live issue"; "still a live option"current - occurring in or belonging to the present time; "current events"; "the current topic"; "current negotiations"; "current psychoanalytic theories"; "the ship's current position" | | 10. | live - charged or energized with electricity; "a hot wire"; "a live wire"electricity - a physical phenomenon associated with stationary or moving electrons and protons charged - of a particle or body or system; having a net amount of positive or negative electric charge; "charged particles"; "a charged battery" | | 11. | live - capable of erupting; "a live volcano"; "the volcano is very much alive"active - (of e.g. volcanos) capable of erupting | | Adv. | 1. | live - not recorded; "the opera was broadcast live" |
live 1 verb 2. exist, last, prevail, be, have being, breathe, persist, be alive, have life, draw breath, remain alive verb 3. survive, remain alive, feed yourself, get along, make a living, earn a living, make ends meet, subsist, eke out a living, support yourself, maintain yourself
live 2 adjective 3. topical, important, pressing, current, hot, burning, active, vital, controversial, unsettled, prevalent, pertinent live wire ( Informal) dynamo, hustler U.S., Canad. ( slang) ball of fire ( informal) life and soul of the party, go-getter ( informal) self-starter  Translations live vb [lɪv]adj [laɪv] to live together → vivir juntoslive off vt fus [+ land, fish etc] → vivir de; live on vt fus [+ food] → vivir de, alimentarse de; live up vt to live it up ( col) → tirarse la gran vida
 live1 [laɪv] adj [ animal] → vivant(e) → en vie; [ wire] → sous tension; [ broadcast] → (transmis(e)) en direct; [ issue] → d'actualité, brûlant(e) (= unexploded); non explosé(e);
live2 [lɪv] vi → vivre (= reside); vivre, habiter; where do you live? → où habitez-vous?live off vt [+ land, fish etc] → vivre de; ( pej) [+ parents etc]; vivre aux crochets delive on vt fus [+ food] → vivre de vt to live out one's days or life → passer sa vie live up to vt fus → se montrer à la hauteur de
 live vi [lɪv]adj [laɪv] ( TV, Radio) → live; [ performance, pictures etc] → Live-; to live with sb → mit jdm zusammenlebenlive out live vi ( Brit) [ student/servant] → außerhalb (des Wohnheims/Hauses) wohnen live together live vi → zusammenleben live up live vt to live it up → einen draufmachen (inf)
 live vi [lɪv] → vivere (= reside); vivere, abitarelive off vi [+ land, fish etc] → vivere di; ( pej) [+ parents etc]; vivere alle spalle or a spese dilive on vt fus [+ food] → vivere di
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