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live [ liv·e ]

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Verb

1. Remain alive.

both cats lived to a ripe age

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2. Be alive at a specified time.

he lived four centuries ago

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3. Spend one's life in a particular way or under particular circumstances.

he was living a life of luxury in Australia

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4. Supply oneself with the means of subsistence.

He lived by gambling professionally for over a decade.

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5. Survive in someone's mind; be remembered.

only the name lived on

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6. Have an exciting or fulfilling life.

he couldn't wait to get out of school and really start living

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7. (of a ship) escape destruction; remain afloat.

They had nothing more than a hope that, if the vessel lived, they might continue to earn their commissions and brokerage.

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8. Make one's home in a particular place or with a particular person.

they lived with his grandparents

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9. (of an object) be kept in a particular place.

I told her where the coffee lived and went back to sleep

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Live in

1. (of an employee or student) reside at the place where one works or studies.

Live down

1. (live something down, live down something) Succeed in making others forget something embarrassing that has happened.

My boyfriend would never let me live it down if we lost.

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Live on

1. (live on something) Have a particular amount of money with which to buy food and other necessities.

how much money do you need to live on?

2. Subsist on a particular type of food.

he used to lodge in a room with just a bed and a chair and live on bread and water

Live out

1. (live something out, live out something) Do something in reality that one previously only imagined.

your wedding day is the one time that you can live out your most romantic fantasies

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2. (live something out, live out something) Spend the rest of one's life in a particular place or particular circumstances.

he lived out his days as a happy family man

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3. (of an employee or student) reside away from the place where one works or studies.

Live up to

1. (live up to something) Fulfil expectations.

The red pepper and goat's cheese tart lived up to expectations.

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2. Fulfil an undertaking.

the president lived up to his promise to set America swiftly on a new path

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Live off

1. (live off someone) Depend on someone as a source of income or support.

Instead, they continued living off their parents.

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2. (live off something) Have a particular amount of money with which to buy food and other necessities.

The poorest 20 percent were living on a weekly income of less than $266.

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3. (live off something) Subsist on a particular type of food.

scavenging seabirds live off discarded fish and fish offal

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Live together

1. (especially of a couple not married to each other) share a home and have a sexual relationship.

The couple were unmarried and lived together for nineteen years.

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Live for

1. (live for something) Regard a particular thing as the purpose or most important aspect of one's life.

Tony lived for his painting

Live with

1. (live with someone) Share a home and have a sexual relationship with someone to whom one is not married.

Every man has to learn on his own how to live with a woman.

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2. (live with something) Accept or tolerate something unpleasant.

In the years since, Anne-Marie and her family have learned to live with epilepsy.

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Live through

1. (live through something) Survive an unpleasant experience or period.

both men lived through the Depression

Origin

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

Adjective

1. Not dead or inanimate; living.

Any new ingredients in these products are tested on live animals.

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2. (of a vaccine) containing viruses or bacteria that are living but of a mild or attenuated strain.

Is this because it was simply oral, or was it because it was a live vaccine?

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3. (of yogurt) containing the living microorganisms by which it is formed.

A plain live yoghurt with some added fresh fruit would be a better option.

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4. Relating to a musical performance given in concert, not on a recording.

In addition to the live music, local DJs will also be performing.

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5. (of a broadcast) transmitted at the time of occurrence, not from a recording.

live coverage of the match

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6. (of a wire or device) connected to a source of electric current.

He died as a live electric wire fell down into river.

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7. Of, containing, or using undetonated explosive.

live ammunition

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8. (of coals) burning or glowing.

The rice wine felt like live coal slipping down my throat.

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9. (of a match) unused.

One Mum who was playing with live matches with her toddler daughter!

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10. (of a wheel or axle in machinery) moving or imparting motion.

Well it's American and it's got a live axle so it's bound to be no good, right?

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11. (of a ball in a game) in play, especially in contrast to being foul or out of bounds.

The ball becomes live when it leaves the referee's or umpire's hands on a jump ball.

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12. (of a question or subject) of current or continuing interest and importance.

Food safety and pollution are very live issues.

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Adverb

1. As or at an actual event or performance.

The race will be televised live around the world.

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Origin

1. Mid 16th century shortening of alive.

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