Meaning of live in English
Table of contents
Pronunciation
US accent
UK accent
to browse different examples of pronunciation.Verb
liveEtymology
Old English libban, lifian, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch leven and German leben, also to life and leaveDefinitions
1. make one's home or live inExamples
- « She resides officially in Iceland »
- « I live in a 200-year old house »
- « These people inhabited all the islands that are now deserted »
- « The plains are sparsely populated »
Derived terms
- 2. lead a certain kind of life
Examples
- « live in a certain style »
- « we had to live frugally after the war »
Derived terms
- 3. continue to live
Examples
- « endure or last »
- « We went without water and food for 3 days »
- « These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America »
- « The racecar driver lived through several very serious accidents »
Derived terms
- 4. support oneself
Examples
- « 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 »
Derived terms
- 5. have life, be alive
Examples
- « Our great leader is no more »
- « My grandfather lived until the end of war »
Derived terms
- 6. have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations
Examples
- « 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 d »
Derived terms
- 7. pursue a positive and satisfying existence
Examples
- « You must accept yourself and others if you really want to live »
Classifying Adjective
liveDefinitions
1. charged with an explosiveExamples
- « live ammunition »
- « a live bomb »
Synonyms
- 2. rebounds readily
Examples
- « clean bouncy hair »
- « a lively tennis ball »
- « as resiliant as seasoned hickory »
- « springy turf »
Synonyms
- 3. abounding with life and energy
Examples
- « the club members are a really live bunch »
Synonyms
- 4. in current use or ready for use
Examples
- « live copy is ready to be set in type or already set but not yet proofread »
Synonyms
- 5. of current relevance
Examples
- « a live issue »
- « still a live option »
Synonyms
- 6. charged or energized with electricity
Examples
- « a hot wire »
- « a live wire »
Synonyms
- 7. having life
Examples
- « a live canary »
- « hit a live nerve »
- « famous living painters »
- « living tissue; »
Synonyms
Adverb
liveDefinitions
1. not recordedExamples
- « the opera was broadcast live »
Qualitative Adjective
liveEtymology
mid 16th century: shortening of aliveDefinitions
1. actually being performed at the time of hearing or viewingExamples
- « a live television program »
- « brought to you live from Lincoln Center »
- « live entertainment involves performers actually in the physical presence of a live audience »
Synonyms
Antonyms
- 2. showing characteristics of life
Examples
- « 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 »
Synonyms
Antonyms
Famous quotes
- « Time after time we're told corporations should have freedom from pesky job safety regulations, environmental protections and labor standards - giving working people the freedom to be crushed in collapsing mines, choke on filthy air and get paid too little to live on. » Richard Trumka
- « I find myself more at peace when I live in Europe. » Norman Granz
- « I don't believe in guilt, I believe in living on impulse as long as you never intentionally hurt another person, and don't judge people in your life. I think you should live completely free. » Angelina Jolie
- « Women - always in trouble with them, but can't live without them. » Ayrton Senna
- « You'll live. Only the best get killed. » Charles de Gaulle