live
//ˈlɪv//
Forms
- present (v1)
- live
- past (v2)
- lived
- past participle (v3)
- lived
- present participle
- living
- 3rd person singular
- lives
- Comparative
- more live
- Superlative
- most live
Definitions
1.To be alive; to have life.
- He's not expected to live for more than a few months.
2.To have permanent residence somewhere, to inhabit, to reside.
- I washed your gravy boat. Where does it live?
- I live at 2a Acacia Avenue. At that time I'd been living in a camper for about six months.
3.To survive; to persevere; to continue.
- I can't live that kind of life.
- They live from hand to mouth.
- You couldn't live without water.
4.To endure in memory; to escape oblivion.
- 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.
1.Having life; that is alive.
- The post office will not ship live animals.
2.Being in existence; actual.
- He is a live example of the consequences of excessive drinking.
3.Having active properties; being energized.
- Because the vaccinia virus is live, it is important to follow care instructions for the vaccination site.
4.Operational; in actual use rather than in testing etc.
- 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.
Frequency
Overall
Very common· #209
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Common
- General reading & writing
- Very common
- Academic
- Uncommon
- Literature
- Uncommon
Related words
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