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Meaning of live in English

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  1. Verb

    live

    Etymology

    Old English libban, lifian, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch leven and German leben, also to life and leave

    Definitions

    1. make one's home or live in

    Examples

    • « 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 »
  2. 2. lead a certain kind of life

    Examples

    • « live in a certain style »
    • « we had to live frugally after the war »
  3. 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 »
  4. 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 »
  5. 5. have life, be alive

    Examples

    • « Our great leader is no more »
    • « My grandfather lived until the end of war »
  6. 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 »
  7. 7. pursue a positive and satisfying existence

    Examples

    • « You must accept yourself and others if you really want to live »
  8. Classifying Adjective

    live

    Definitions

    1. charged with an explosive

    Examples

    • « live ammunition »
    • « a live bomb »

    Synonyms

    • loaded
  9. 2. rebounds readily

    Examples

    • « clean bouncy hair »
    • « a lively tennis ball »
    • « as resiliant as seasoned hickory »
    • « springy turf »

    Synonyms

    • elastic
  10. 3. abounding with life and energy

    Examples

    • « the club members are a really live bunch »

    Synonyms

    • lively
  11. 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

    • current
  12. 5. of current relevance

    Examples

    • « a live issue »
    • « still a live option »

    Synonyms

    • current
  13. 6. charged or energized with electricity

    Examples

    • « a hot wire »
    • « a live wire »

    Synonyms

    • charged
  14. 7. having life

    Examples

    • « a live canary »
    • « hit a live nerve »
    • « famous living painters »
    • « living tissue; »

    Synonyms

    • alive(p)
  15. Adverb

    live

    Definitions

    1. not recorded

    Examples

    • « the opera was broadcast live »
  16. Qualitative Adjective

    live

    Etymology

    mid 16th century: shortening of alive

    Definitions

    1. actually being performed at the time of hearing or viewing

    Examples

    • « 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

    • unfilmed
    • untaped

    Antonyms

    • recorded
  17. 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

    • in play(p)
    • living(a)
    • smoldering
    • smouldering

    Antonyms

    • dead

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