live
Part of speech: verb
adj
adv
Morphological type: simple
Topics: broadcasting
card-games
computing
engineering
entertainment
film
games
hobbies
human-sciences
lifestyle
linguistics
mathematics
media
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
poker
programming
sciences
sports
television
Etymology: From Middle English lefe, lifen, libbe, libben, live, luvien, lyven, from Old English libban, lifian (“to live; be alive”), from Proto-West Germanic *libbjan, from Proto-Germanic *libjaną (“to live”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to stick”).
Cognates
Cognate with Yola live (“to live”), North Frisian laawe, lawe, lewe, lewi, lewwe, lääwe (“to live”), Saterland Frisian lieuwje, líeuwje (“to live”), West Frisian libje (“to live”), Alemannic German lëëbe (“to live”), Cimbrian and Mòcheno lem (“to live”), Dutch leeven, leven (“to live”), German leben (“to live”), German Low German lęven (“to live”), Limburgish leve, léëve (“to live”), Luxembourgish liewen (“to live”), Vilamovian łaowa (“to live”), Yiddish לעבן (lebn, “to live”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål leve (“to live”), Faroese liva (“to live”), Icelandic lifa (“to live”), Norwegian Nynorsk leva, leve, liva (“to live”), Swedish leva (“to live”), Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽 (liban, “to live”); also Latin lippus (“half-sighted, myopic”), Greek λίπος (lípos, “fat, tallow”), Lithuanian lipti (“to stick”), Bulgarian лепя́ (lepjá, “to glue, paste, stick; to plaster, smear”), Czech lepit (“to glue, stick”), Macedonian лепи (lepi, “to glue, stick”), Polish lepić (“to mold; to glue, paste; to stick”), Russian лепи́ть (lepítʹ, “to fashion, sculpt, shape”), Serbo-Croatian лепити, лије́пити, lépiti, lijépiti (“to glue, paste; to stick”), Slovak lepiť (“to stick”), Slovene lepiti (“to stick”), Ukrainian ліпити (lipyty, “to mould, shape”), Sanskrit लिप् (lip, “to anoint, smear; to defile, soil, taint”), रिप् (rip, “deceit, fraud; injury; enemy, traitor”).
Inflected forms:
form: lives
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: living
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: lived
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: lived
pos: verb
tags: past
form: more live
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most live
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: more live
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most live
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: To be alive; to have life.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: He's not expected to live for more than a few months.
gloss: To have permanent residence somewhere, to inhabit, to reside.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: I live at 2a Acacia Avenue.  At that time I'd been living in a camper for about six months.
Athelstan Arundel walked home all the way, foaming and raging. No omnibus, cab, or conveyance ever built could contain a young man in such a rage. His mother lived at Pembridge Square, which is four good measured miles from Lincoln's Inn.
It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.
gloss: To have permanent residence somewhere, to inhabit, to reside.
pos: verb
tags: informal
intransitive
examples: I washed your gravy boat. Where does it live?
gloss: To survive; to persevere; to continue.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: When Lazarus left his charnel-cave,
⁠And home to Mary’s house return’d, […]
‘Where wert thou, brother, those four days?’
⁠There lives no record of reply,
⁠Which telling what it is to die
Had surely added praise to praise.
gloss: To endure in memory; to escape oblivion.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Her memory lives in that song.
He has now overseen three straight victories since taking over from Claudio Ranieri and this latest win, against one of the best teams in Europe, will live long in the memory for every Leicester supporter.
gloss: To cope.
pos: verb
tags: excessive
intransitive
examples: You'll just have to live with it!  I can't live in a world without you.
gloss: To pass life in a specified manner.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: It is difficult to live in poverty.   And they lived happily ever after.
gloss: To spend, as one's life; to pass; to maintain; to continue in, constantly or habitually.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: To live an idle or a useful life.
Many people write their romances, others live them; Honore de Balzac did both.
By 1980, South Korea had overtaken its northern neighbour, and was well on its way to being one of the Asian tigers – high-performing economies, with democratic movements ultimately winning power in the 1990s. The withdrawal of most Soviet aid in 1991, with the fall of the Soviet empire, pushed North Korea further down. Kim Il-sung had held a genuine place on North Korean people's affections. His son was regarded as a shadowy playboy, with rumours circulating over the years that he imported Russian and Chinese prostitutes, and lived a life of profligacy and excess.
But poverty’s scourge is fiercest below $1.25 (the average of the 15 poorest countries’ own poverty lines, measured in 2005 dollars and adjusted for differences in purchasing power): people below that level live lives that are poor, nasty, brutish and short.
gloss: To act habitually in conformity with; to practice; to exemplify in one's way of life.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: to live the Gospel
The key to our freedom then, isn't begging for tolerance, but living our full rights.
Change happens from the inside out and this great resource can show you how to live the habits that build personal and professional effectiveness.
In short, he argues, in the modern era, “The only way to build a brand is to live that brand. You have to live the values and the mission, then let the customer decide.”
gloss: To live as; to live being.
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
transitive
examples: at leaſt admit vs libertie,
Euen as thou hopſt to be eternized,
By liuing Aſias mightie Emperour.
gloss: To outlast danger; (of a ship or boat) to float.
pos: verb
tags: ambitransitive
examples: That rockslide trapped me in a cave, and I was trapped for three days, but I lived.
No ship could live in such a storm.
(in a video game) I don't know how I lived that, I should've died like 8 times.
a strong mast that lived upon the sea
gloss: To maintain or support one's existence; to provide for oneself; to feed; to subsist.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: It is hard to live on the minimum wage.   They lived on stale bread.   Man shall not live by bread alone.
gloss: To make the most of life; to experience a full, rich life.
pos: verb
tags: informal
intransitive
examples: I'm sick of spending every day studying at home: I want to go out there and live!
gloss: Having life; that is alive.
pos: adj
tags: attributive
examples: The post office will not ship live animals.
gloss: Being in existence; actual.
pos: adj
examples: He is a live example of the consequences of excessive drinking.
gloss: Having active properties; being energized.
pos: adj
examples: Because the vaccinia virus is live, it is important to follow care instructions for the vaccination site.
gloss: Operational; in actual use rather than in testing etc.
pos: adj
gloss: Operational; in actual use rather than in testing etc.
pos: adj
examples: An object in the heap is live if its address is held in a root, or there is a pointer to it held in another live heap node.
gloss: Taken from a living animal.
pos: adj
examples: live feathers
gloss: Imparting power; having motion.
pos: adj
examples: the live spindle of a lathe
a live, or driving, axle
gloss: Still in active play.
pos: adj
examples: a live ball
gloss: Of a card: not yet dealt or played.
pos: adj
examples: As a beginner, when you are in a hand, you should practice counting your outs, or those live cards left in the deck that can improve your hand.
gloss: Being broadcast ("on the air"), as it happens.
pos: adj
examples: The station presented a live news program every evening.
Are we live?
gloss: In person.
pos: adj
examples: This nightclub has a live band on weekends.
gloss: Recorded from a performance in front of an audience.
pos: adj
examples: a live album
gloss: Able to fire or explode (of firearms or explosives).
pos: adj
examples: The air force practices dropping live bombs on the uninhabited island.
gloss: Of an environment where sound is recorded: having noticeable reverberation.
pos: adj
examples: A good experiment is to have a friend stand in a fixed position in a moderately live room and talk in a clear voice.
It sounds like the instruments were recorded in a fairly live room with reverb added.
gloss: Electrically charged or energized, usually with a risk of causing electrocution if touched.
pos: adj
examples: Use caution when working near live wires.
gloss: Being a bet which can be raised by the bettor, usually in reference to a blind or straddle.
pos: adj
examples: Tommy's blind was live, so he was given the option to raise.
gloss: Featuring humans; not animated, in the phrases “live actors” or “live action”.
pos: adj
gloss: Being in a state of ignition; burning.
pos: adj
examples: a live coal; live embers
Call it a dead language if you want to—it looks to me like those Latinites were the live boys when it came to putting a whole lot of meaning into just two or three words.
gloss: Vivid; bright.
pos: adj
tags: obsolete
examples: the live carnation
gloss: Energetic, attentive, active.
pos: adj
tags: dated
slang
examples: a live man, or orator
Now then, Bill, I've recommended to the troop that they take you in, and the fellows have all voted in favor of you. These scouts are a live bunch and they all expect you to make good.
gloss: Outstanding, top-notch, exhilarating.
pos: adj
tags: slang
examples: The party was live, and the music was jammin. All over the beach people in colorful swimsuits were moving to the beat.
gloss: Of a syllable in languages such as Thai and Burmese: resonating, not ending abruptly.
pos: adj
gloss: Of an event, as it happens; in real time; direct.
pos: adv
examples: The concert was broadcast live by radio.
gloss: Of making a performance or speech, in person.
pos: adv
examples: He'll be appearing live at the auditorium.
Synonyms: dwell
last
remain
alive
Antonyms: dead
blank
dummy
neutral
recorded
prerecorded
broadcast
animated
Related words: abide
dwell
reside
stay
Derived words: alive
as I live and breathe
can't live with them, can't live without them
cross-live
die how one lived
die just how one lived
die just like one lived
die just the way one lived
die like one lived
die the way one lived
forelive
forlive
I live in Melbourne
inlive
life
livability
livable
liveability
liveaboard
live a lie
live a little
live and breathe
live and die
live and die by
live and learn
live-and-let-live
live and let live
live at Her Majesty's pleasure
live beyond one's means
live dangerously
lived experience
lived-in
live down
live down to
live end dead end
live for
liveforever
live for the day
live from paycheck to paycheck
live in
live-in
live in each other's pockets
live in hope
live in sin
live in the moment
live in the past
live in the shadow of
live it up
live large
live like a fighting cock
live like a king
live long and prosper
lively
live off
live off the country
live off the land
live on
live one's best life
live one's own life
live one's truth
live on the edge
live on top of one another
live out
live-out
live over
live over the brush
live pair
live paycheck to paycheck
live paycheque to paycheque
live rent-free in someone's head
live rent free in someone's head
live rent-free in someone's mind
live rough
live tally
live the dream
live through
live to fight another day
live together
live-together
live to regret
live to tell the tale
live under a rock
live up
live with
live within oneself
live with oneself
live with one's wife's family
livication
long live
long-lived
longliver
man shall not live by bread alone
may you live in interesting times
mislive
one should live so long
outlive
overlive
people that live in glass houses should not throw stones
people that live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
people who live in glass houses should not throw stones
people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
prelive
relive
short-lived
shortliver
those who live in glass houses should not throw stones
those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
time to live
underlive
unlive
we live in a society
where do you live
where do you live at
you haven't lived
you'll live
you only live once
draw live
go-live
live action
live actor
live actress
live album
liveamatic
live ammunition
live-ball era
livebearer
livebearing
livebirth
live birth
live blog
liveblog
liveblogger
liveborn
live box
live broadcast
livecast
live CD
live-chat
live coding
live conductor
live dough
live drop
live feed
live Internet feed
live load
livelock
liveness
live oak
live one
live on tape
live rail
live recording
liverock
live rock
live round
livescan
LiveScript
live shot
livesome
live steam
livestock
live streamer
live stream
live-stream
livestream
live time
live-trap
live-tweet
live tweet
liveware
live weight
live wire
live-wire
livin
nonlive
real live
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: woon
lang: Albanian
word: banoj
lang: Arabic
word: سَكَنَ
roman: sakana
lang: Arabic
word: عَاشَ
roman: ʕāša
lang: Arabic
word: أَقَامَ
roman: ʔaqāma
lang: Armenian
word: ապրել
roman: aprel
lang: Asturian
word: vivir
lang: Azerbaijani
word: yaşamaq
lang: Azerbaijani
word: qalmaq
lang: Bashkir
word: тороу
roman: torow
lang: Belarusian
word: жыць
roman: žycʹ
lang: Belarusian
word: пражыва́ць
roman: pražyvácʹ
lang: Bulgarian
word: живе́я
roman: živéja
lang: Burmese
word: နေ
roman: ne
lang: Catalan
word: viure
lang: Chechen
word: даха
roman: daxa
lang: Cherokee
word: ᎡᎯ
roman: ehi
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 住
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 居住
roman: geoi¹ zyu⁶
lang: Chinese
word: җў
roman: žw
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 住
roman: zhù
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 居住
roman: jūzhù
lang: Cornish
word: bos trigys
lang: Czech
word: žít
lang: Czech
word: bydlet
lang: Danish
word: bo
lang: Dutch
word: wonen
lang: Elfdalian
word: byddja
lang: Esperanto
word: loĝi
lang: Estonian
word: elama
lang: Faroese
word: búgva
lang: Finnish
word: asua
lang: French
word: habiter
lang: French
word: demeurer
lang: North Frisian
word: wene
lang: North Frisian
word: booge
lang: West-Frisian
word: wenje
lang: Georgian
word: ცხოვრება
roman: cxovreba
lang: German
word: wohnen
lang: German
word: leben
lang: Gothic
word: 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐌰𐌽
roman: bauan
lang: Greek
word: μένω
roman: méno
lang: Ancient Greek
word: οἰκέω
roman: oikéō
lang: Greenlandic
word: najugaqarpoq
lang: Mbya Guarani
word: iko
lang: Haitian Creole
word: rete
lang: Hebrew
word: גָּר
roman: gar
lang: Hindi
word: रहना
roman: rahnā
lang: Hindi
word: निवास करना
roman: nivās karnā
lang: Hindi
word: बसना
roman: basnā
lang: Hungarian
word: lakik
lang: Hunsrik
word: wohne
lang: Icelandic
word: búa
lang: Icelandic
word: eiga heima
lang: Ido
word: rezidar
lang: Indonesian
word: tinggal
lang: Ingush
word: ваха
roman: vaxa
lang: Interlingua
word: habitar
lang: Irish
word: cónaigh
lang: Irish
word: bí i do chónaí
lang: Italian
word: abitare
lang: Japanese
word: 住む
roman: sumu
lang: Japanese
word: 居住する
roman: kyojū suru
lang: Kazakh
word: тұру
roman: tūru
lang: Khmer
word: រស់
roman: rŭəh
lang: Korean
word: 살다
roman: salda
lang: Korean
word: 거주하다
roman: geojuhada
lang: Kumyk
word: яшамакъ
roman: yaşamaq
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: jîn
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: jiyan
lang: Kyrgyz
word: туруу
roman: turuu
lang: Lao
word: ຢູ່
roman: yū
lang: Lao
word: ອາໄສ
roman: ʼā sai
lang: Lao
word: ເນົາ
roman: nao
lang: Lao
word: ຕັ້ງ
roman: tang
lang: Latin
word: vivo
lang: Latin
word: incolo
lang: Latin
word: habito
lang: Latvian
word: dzīvot
lang: Lithuanian
word: gyventi
lang: Low German
word: wahnen
lang: Luxembourgish
word: wunnen
lang: Malay
word: tinggal
lang: Malay
word: duduk
lang: Malay
word: semayam
lang: Malayalam
word: ജീവിക്കുക
roman: jīvikkuka
lang: Malayalam
word: താമസിക്കുക
roman: tāmasikkuka
lang: Manchu
word: ᡨᡝᠮᠪᡳ
roman: tembi
lang: Middle English
word: lyven
lang: Mongolian
word: амьдрах
roman: amʹdrax
lang: Mongolian
word: орших
roman: oršix
lang: Norman
word: d'meuther
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: bo bu
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: bu
lang: Nuosu
word: ꀀ
roman: it
lang: Old English
word: wunian
lang: Old English
word: libban
lang: Pashto
word: ژوند کول
roman: žwənd kawəl
lang: Pashto
word: اوسېدل
roman: osedə́l
lang: Persian
word: زِنْدَگِی کَرْدَن
roman: zindagī kardan
lang: Iranian Persian
word: زِنْدِگی کَرْدَن
roman: zendegi kardan
lang: Polish
word: mieszkać
lang: Portuguese
word: viver
lang: Portuguese
word: morar
lang: Purepecha
word: irekani
lang: Quechua
word: tiyai
lang: Quechua
word: taai
lang: Romani
word: beśel
lang: Romanian
word: a locui
lang: Romanian
word: a trăi
lang: Romanian
word: a avea locuință
lang: Romansh
word: star
lang: Romansh
word: abitar
lang: Russian
word: жить
roman: žitʹ
lang: Russian
word: прожива́ть
roman: proživátʹ
lang: Northern Sami
word: orrut
lang: Northern Sami
word: ássat
lang: Sanskrit
word: क्षेति
roman: kṣeti
lang: Sanskrit
word: वसति
roman: vasati
lang: Scots
word: bide
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: fuirich
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: còmhnaich
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: жи́вети
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: жи́вјети
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: стано̀вати
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: žíveti
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: žívjeti
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: stanòvati
lang: Slovak
word: žiť
lang: Slovak
word: bývať
lang: Slovene
word: živéti
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: bydliś
lang: Upper Sorbian
word: bydlić
lang: Sotho
word: dula
lang: Spanish
word: vivir
lang: Spanish
word: morar
lang: Spanish
word: residir
lang: Spanish
word: habitar
lang: Swahili
word: ishi
lang: Swedish
word: bo
lang: Tagalog
word: manirahan
lang: Tajik
word: зиндагӣ кардан
roman: zindagi kardan
lang: Telugu
word: నివసించు
roman: nivasiñcu
lang: Tetum
word: horik
lang: Thai
word: อยู่
roman: yùu
lang: Thai
word: อาศัย
roman: aa-sǎi
lang: Tocharian B
word: walāk-
lang: Tooro
word: -ikara
lang: Turkish
word: yaşamak
lang: Turkish
word: oturmak
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: اوتورمق
roman: oturmak
lang: Turkmen
word: ýaşamak
lang: Ukrainian
word: жи́ти
roman: žýty
lang: Ukrainian
word: прожива́ти
roman: prožyváty
lang: Ukrainian
word: ме́шкати
roman: méškaty
lang: Urdu
word: رَہْنا
roman: rahnā
lang: Urdu
word: بَسْنا
roman: basnā
lang: Uyghur
word: ياشىماق
roman: yashimaq
lang: Uyghur
word: تۇرماق
roman: turmaq
lang: Uzbek
word: yashamoq
lang: Uzbek
word: turmoq
lang: Venetan
word: star
lang: Vietnamese
word: ở
lang: Vietnamese
word: sống
lang: Vilamovian
word: wönn
lang: Walloon
word: dimorer
lang: Walloon
word: dimani
lang: Welsh
word: byw
lang: Wolof
word: dëkk
lang: Yiddish
word: וווינען
roman: voynen
lang: Zealandic
word: weune
lang: Zhuang
word: youq
lang: ǃXóõ
word: ǃnúm
lang: ǃXóõ
word: ǃnûɲa