What is another word for Live?
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dwell
place, populate
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alive
living, existent
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subsist
survive, be
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be
exist, state
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exist
state, physical condition
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living
existent
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animate
living, existent
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reside
dwell, place
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survive
exist, be
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active
property, lively
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inhabit
dwell, reside
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hot
burning, energetic
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vital
property, burning
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last
exist
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abide
dwell, place
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endure
exist
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breathe
exist, state
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stay
dwell, inhabit
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experience
activity, lead
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lively
energetic
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occupy
dwell, inhabit
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breathing
living, existent
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lead
experience, be
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remain
gain subsistence
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continue
state, physical condition
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be alive
state, physical condition
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live on
be supported by
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burning
energetic, topical
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pass
experience, lead
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persist
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quick
living
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working
energetic
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flourish
thrive, enjoy being alive
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lodge
be housed, inhabit a dwelling
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current
topical, energetic
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dynamic
property, active
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prevail
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populate
inhabit
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hold out
survive
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hang out
inhabit a dwelling
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Определения слова live
- жить
Синонимы к слову live
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- animate
- aware
- be alive
- be in this world
- breathe
- breathing
- conscious
- dwell
- exist
- have your home
- inhabit
- living
- reside
- sentient
- settle
- stay
- subsist
- survive
Похожие слова на live
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- live
- lived
- livelier
- liveliest
- livelihood
- livelihood’s
- livelihoods
- liveliness
- liveliness’s
- livelong
- livelongs
- liven
- livened
- livening
- livens
- liveried
- liveries
- liverpool
- liverpool’s
- liverpudlian
- liverpudlian’s
- livers
- liverwurst
- liverwurst’s
- livery
- livery’s
- lives
- lives’s
- livestock
- livestock’s
Антонимы к слову live
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- die
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наречия
- lively
прилагательные
- alive
существительные
- life
фамилии
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English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote
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live
To abide is to remain continuously without limit of time unless expressed by the context: «to-day I must abide at thy house,» Luke xix, 5; «a settled place for thee to abide in forever,» 1 Kings viii, 13; «Abide with me! fast falls the eventide,» Lyte Hymn. Lodge, sojourn, stay, tarry, and wait always imply a limited time; lodge, to pass the night; sojourn, to remain temporarily; live, dwell, reside, to have a permanent home. Stop, in the sense of stay or sojourn, is colloquial, and not in approved use. Compare ENDURE; REST.
Synonyms:
abide, anticipate, await, bear, bide, confront, continue, dwell, endure, expect, inhabit, lodge, remain, reside, rest, sojourn, stay, stop, tarry, tolerate, wait, watchAntonyms:
abandon, avoid, depart, forfeit, forfend, journey, migrate, move, proceed, reject, resist, shunPreposition:
Abide in a place, for a time, with a person, by a statement.
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liveverb
Synonyms:
vegetate, grow, survive, continue, abide, dwell, last, subsist, behave, act, breathe, existAntonyms:
die, perish, wither, demise, migrate, vanish, fade, fail, languish, depart, drop, decease -
liveadjective
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animateAntonyms:
inanimate, defunct
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live, unrecordedadjective
actually being performed at the time of hearing or viewing
«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:
alive(p), hot, live(a), bouncy, springy, unrecorded, alive, lively, resilientAntonyms:
taped, unreverberant, noncurrent, filmed, transcribed, inelastic, dull, nonresonant, out(p), dead, uncharged, unloaded, out of play(p), lifeless, extinct, recorded, prerecorded, tape-recorded, canned -
liveadjective
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:
alive(p), hot, live(a), bouncy, springy, unrecorded, alive, lively, resilientAntonyms:
prerecorded, extinct, canned, lifeless, transcribed, tape-recorded, noncurrent, recorded, unloaded, uncharged, dull, nonresonant, filmed, inelastic, unreverberant, out of play(p), taped, dead, out(p) -
alive(p), liveadjective
possessing life
«the happiest person alive»; «the nerve is alive»; «doctors are working hard to keep him alive»; «burned alive»; «a live canary»
Antonyms:
out(p), dull, noncurrent, nonresonant, dead, transcribed, tape-recorded, prerecorded, lifeless, inelastic, extinct, canned, filmed, out of play(p), unreverberant, uncharged, unloaded, taped, recorded -
live(a)adjective
highly reverberant
«a live concert hall»
Antonyms:
transcribed, inelastic, canned, dull, extinct, lifeless, noncurrent, unloaded, out of play(p), nonresonant, uncharged, tape-recorded, filmed, dead, recorded, prerecorded, taped, unreverberant, out(p) -
liveadjective
charged with an explosive
«live ammunition»; «a live bomb»
Synonyms:
alive(p), hot, live(a), bouncy, springy, unrecorded, alive, lively, resilientAntonyms:
out of play(p), taped, extinct, inelastic, out(p), prerecorded, tape-recorded, noncurrent, nonresonant, unloaded, filmed, canned, unreverberant, recorded, uncharged, lifeless, transcribed, dull, dead -
bouncy, live, lively, resilient, springyadjective
elastic; rebounds readily
«clean bouncy hair»; «a lively tennis ball»; «as resilient as seasoned hickory»; «springy turf»
Synonyms:
spirited, hot, spanking, resilient, lively, full of life, alive(p), bouncy, snappy, vital, brisk, racy, rattling, peppy, merry, alive, unrecorded, zippy, bouncing, springy, live(a), alertAntonyms:
dead, dull, unreverberant, extinct, noncurrent, out(p), prerecorded, filmed, uncharged, tape-recorded, lifeless, out of play(p), nonresonant, recorded, canned, taped, unloaded, inelastic, transcribed -
liveadjective
abounding with life and energy
«the club members are a really live bunch»
Synonyms:
alive(p), hot, live(a), bouncy, springy, unrecorded, alive, lively, resilientAntonyms:
extinct, tape-recorded, recorded, canned, transcribed, lifeless, prerecorded, nonresonant, inelastic, taped, dead, dull, noncurrent, unloaded, filmed, unreverberant, out(p), out of play(p), uncharged -
liveadjective
in current use or ready for use
«live copy is ready to be set in type or already set but not yet proofread»
Synonyms:
alive(p), hot, live(a), bouncy, springy, unrecorded, alive, lively, resilientAntonyms:
filmed, extinct, out(p), dull, uncharged, dead, inelastic, lifeless, tape-recorded, out of play(p), recorded, transcribed, unreverberant, prerecorded, unloaded, noncurrent, taped, nonresonant, canned -
liveadjective
of current relevance
«a live issue»; «still a live option»
Synonyms:
alive(p), hot, live(a), bouncy, springy, unrecorded, alive, lively, resilientAntonyms:
noncurrent, dead, out of play(p), filmed, nonresonant, lifeless, dull, inelastic, transcribed, out(p), unreverberant, extinct, recorded, uncharged, canned, taped, unloaded, prerecorded, tape-recorded -
hot, liveadjective
charged or energized with electricity
«a hot wire»; «a live wire»
Synonyms:
alive(p), hot, live(a), bouncy, blistering, raging, springy, red-hot, unrecorded, spicy, lively, alive, resilientAntonyms:
unloaded, taped, transcribed, dead, extinct, out of play(p), tape-recorded, dull, inelastic, recorded, prerecorded, noncurrent, unreverberant, filmed, canned, lifeless, uncharged, nonresonant, out(p) -
alive, liveverb
capable of erupting
«a live volcano»; «the volcano is very much alive»
Synonyms:
alive(p), active, live(a), bouncy, alive, springy, unrecorded, animated, hot, lively, awake(p), alert, resilientAntonyms:
unreverberant, lifeless, uncharged, canned, taped, tape-recorded, nonresonant, noncurrent, extinct, prerecorded, unloaded, dead, inelastic, recorded, dull, out of play(p), filmed, out(p), transcribed -
populate, dwell, live, inhabitverb
inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of
«People lived in Africa millions of years ago»; «The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted»; «this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean»; «deer are populating the woods»
Synonyms:
go, exist, harp, hold out, populate, lie in, brood, be, experience, hold up, subsist, dwell, live on, lie, consist, endure, inhabit, survive, know, lastAntonyms:
lifeless, prerecorded, uncharged, out(p), filmed, extinct, taped, unreverberant, transcribed, canned, nonresonant, dead, noncurrent, recorded, unloaded, inelastic, tape-recorded, out of play(p), dull -
liveverb
lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style
«we had to live frugally after the war»
Synonyms:
live on, last, know, hold up, dwell, survive, endure, subsist, hold out, go, populate, be, experience, exist, inhabitAntonyms:
noncurrent, uncharged, out(p), prerecorded, taped, out of play(p), recorded, extinct, filmed, unreverberant, transcribed, lifeless, canned, tape-recorded, nonresonant, inelastic, unloaded, dull, dead -
survive, last, live, live on, go, endure, hold up, hold outverb
continue to live through hardship or adversity
«We went without water and food for 3 days»; «These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America»; «The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents»; «how long can a person last without food and water?»
Synonyms:
subsist, perish, give way, hold out, run, endure, lead, experience, give out, conk out, operate, travel, hold, function, die, sustain, stretch forth, last, go away, weather, prevail, go, brave out, rifle, defy, persist, run low, stick up, plump, digest, stomach, hold water, break, pass away, drop dead, withstand, stretch out, tolerate, abide, blend in, run short, get going, locomote, pull through, be, come through, cash in one’s chips, kick the bucket, blend, stick out, brook, stand up, bear, fit, suffer, pull round, outlast, populate, inhabit, belong, dwell, give-up the ghost, go bad, survive, get, stand, expire, become, exist, live on, croak, move, choke, pop off, sound, make it, wear, extend, start, depart, decease, outlive, pass, proceed, break down, exit, conk, fail, buy the farm, detain, hold up, put out, know, brave, put up, exsert, snuff it, resist, support, die hard, stand firm, work, delayAntonyms:
inelastic, out(p), transcribed, dull, unloaded, prerecorded, tape-recorded, unreverberant, taped, canned, uncharged, extinct, lifeless, noncurrent, recorded, nonresonant, filmed, dead, out of play(p) -
exist, survive, live, subsistverb
support oneself
«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»
Synonyms:
go, exist, hold out, populate, be, experience, hold up, outlive, dwell, live on, come through, pull round, pull through, outlast, endure, subsist, inhabit, survive, know, make it, lastAntonyms:
tape-recorded, extinct, taped, out of play(p), noncurrent, prerecorded, canned, filmed, dead, nonresonant, recorded, transcribed, uncharged, out(p), dull, unloaded, unreverberant, lifeless, inelastic -
be, liveverb
have life, be alive
«Our great leader is no more»; «My grandfather lived until the end of war»
Synonyms:
personify, exist, hold out, equal, populate, last, represent, comprise, be, experience, hold up, subsist, know, embody, dwell, cost, live on, make up, endure, inhabit, survive, go, follow, constituteAntonyms:
extinct, out of play(p), uncharged, unloaded, noncurrent, transcribed, canned, inelastic, taped, prerecorded, recorded, filmed, nonresonant, unreverberant, dead, lifeless, dull, out(p), tape-recorded -
know, experience, liveverb
have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations
«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 divorces»
Synonyms:
dwell, have intercourse, have a go at it, subsist, have sex, recognise, get, populate, bed, hold out, know, get laid, make love, endure, go through, bonk, have, acknowledge, cognise, survive, exist, love, last, inhabit, see, receive, be, sleep together, do it, go, eff, hold up, feel, lie with, make out, be intimate, recognize, jazz, sleep with, hump, experience, screw, have it off, have it away, get it on, cognize, bang, live on, roll in the hayAntonyms:
unreverberant, extinct, transcribed, noncurrent, unloaded, prerecorded, dull, dead, taped, uncharged, out(p), filmed, recorded, out of play(p), canned, inelastic, nonresonant, lifeless, tape-recorded -
liveadverb
pursue a positive and satisfying existence
«You must accept yourself and others if you really want to live»
Synonyms:
live on, last, know, hold up, dwell, survive, endure, subsist, hold out, go, populate, be, experience, exist, inhabitAntonyms:
prerecorded, dead, taped, uncharged, extinct, out(p), lifeless, out of play(p), dull, unloaded, inelastic, tape-recorded, noncurrent, filmed, canned, recorded, unreverberant, transcribed, nonresonant -
liveadverb
not recorded
«the opera was broadcast live»
Antonyms:
prerecorded, nonresonant, out(p), transcribed, extinct, out of play(p), unloaded, tape-recorded, taped, dull, dead, unreverberant, noncurrent, lifeless, recorded, canned, filmed, uncharged, inelastic
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- Electricity
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liveverb
Synonyms:
exist, breathe, have being, have life, be alive, keep soul and body together -
liveverb
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remain, continue, endure, be permanent -
liveverb
Synonyms:
dwell, abide, reside, have lodgings, have one’s quarters, be quartered -
liveverb
Synonyms:
feed, subsist, be nourished, be supported, obtain a livelihood -
liveverb
Synonyms:
enjoy life, be happy -
liveadjective
Synonyms:
LIVING, alive, not dead
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List of paraphrases for «live»:
living, alive, vis, reside, iive, life, born, on-line, lived, vivo, births, vivre, inhabit, direct, survive, viva, leben, vive, loud, llve, elab, online, lives, lift, over-the-air, iiving, lively
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How to use live in a sentence?
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Adria Gonzalez:
You see this happening in the movies, but when you live it yourself, when you see a person killing, the blood everywhere, you are in shock.
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Dave Alexander:
I had heard rumors about these things not going bad, we live on a farm, and things that we grow here go bad regularly and I thought it was an urban legend.
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Jose Daniel Ferrer:
It’s a support gesture, it’s a solidarity gesture for the struggle that we are taking forward, in Cuba we have to tear down many walls so that the Cuban people can live with dignity, with rights, and so that they can prosper.
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Danielle Perkins:
I think being gay and black in this country, it’s very difficult to get jobs, to live life, just to cross the street, it seems like we’re just going backwards to the ’60s again.
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Sam Calisch:
As more of these critical pieces of our infrastructure of our lives — our cars, our heating, our water — move to electricity, suddenly it becomes far easier to take control over their long-term security, it’s pretty easy to buy a battery and store up that extra electricity so that if you do live in an area where you experience blackouts, you can create this sense of security for yourself.
Translations for live
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- woon, oorleef, leefAfrikaans
- ينجو, عَاشَ, سَكَنَArabic
- yaşamaqAzerbaijani
- жывы́, жыцьBelarusian
- живѐяBulgarian
- bev, bevaBreton
- en viu, viu, viureCatalan, Valencian
- v přímém přenose, živý, živě, žít, bydletCzech
- житиOld Church Slavonic, Church Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- bywWelsh
- bo, overleve, leveDanish
- lebend, direkt, live, Live-, scharf, leben, überleben, wohnenGerman
- λάιβ, ηλεκτροφόρος, άσκαστος, άκαυστος, ρευματοφόρος, ζωντανός, ζωηρός, άκαυτος, ζωντανά, επιβιώνω, μένω, επιζώ, ζωGreek
- vivi, loĝiEsperanto
- en vivo, en directo, vivo, vivir, morarSpanish
- elamaEstonian
- زندگی کردن, زیستنPersian
- elävä, suora, kova, live-, asua, elää, selvitäFinnish
- liva, búgvaFaroese
- en direct, vivant, demeurer, vivre, habiterFrench
- libjeWestern Frisian
- beo, cónaigh, [[bí]] [[beo]], bí i do bheatha, mair, bí i do chónaíIrish
- beò, fuirich, mair, bi, còmhnaichScottish Gaelic
- vivirGalician
- bioManx
- חי, גָּרHebrew
- जीवित, सीधा प्रसारण, जीवंत, सजीव, निवास करना, जीना, रहनाHindi
- élő, lakik, élHungarian
- ապրե, կեամ, ապրելArmenian
- habitarInterlingua
- secara langsung, hidupIndonesian
- ꀀNuosu
- vivar, rezidarIdo
- beint, lifandi, búa, lifaIcelandic
- dal vivo, in diretta, vivo, live, vivere, abitareItalian
- ライブ, 生, 暮らす, 住む, 生きるJapanese
- ცხოვრება, სიცოცხლეGeorgian
- тұру, өмір сүруKazakh
- នៅKhmer
- 살다Korean
- zindî, ziyandar, jîndar, sax, ژیان, jiyan, jînKurdish
- жашоо, өмүр сүрүүKyrgyz
- vivo, habitoLatin
- wunnen, liewenLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ທຽວສົງສານ, ຢູ່Lao
- gyventiLithuanian
- dzīvs, dzīvotLatvian
- живееMacedonian
- амьдрахMongolian
- langsungMalay
- għexMaltese
- နေ, အသက်ရှင်Burmese
- scherp, levend, live, rechtstreeks, leven, voortbestaan, verderleven, overleven, wonenDutch
- direkte, live, leve, boNorwegian
- viu, viureOccitan
- żywy, na żywo, przeżyć, mieszkać, żyć, przetrwaćPolish
- ao vivo, ativo, vivo, carregado, sobreviver, viver, morar, perseverarPortuguese
- kawsayQuechua
- viverRomansh
- viu, în direct, locui, supraviețui, a avea locuință, trăiRomanian
- живьём, живо́й, в [[прямой, лайв, прожива́ть, прожи́ть, жить, выжива́тьRussian
- जीवतिSanskrit
- bívere, campai, vívereSardinian
- eallitNorthern Sami
- жи̑в, у̏жӣво, ȕžīvo, žȋv, žívjeti, жи́вјети, žíveti, жи́ветиSerbo-Croatian
- ජීවත් වෙනවාSinhala, Sinhalese
- naživo, v priamom prenose, prežiť, žiť, bývať, zažiťSlovak
- v žívo, žív, živetiSlovene
- gjallë, jetojAlbanian
- dula, phelaSouthern Sotho
- levande, skarp, strömförande, leva, boSwedish
- ishiSwahili
- зиндагӣ карданTajik
- สด, อาศัย, มีชีวิต, อาศัยอยู่, อยู่Thai
- ýaşamakTurkmen
- mabuhay, manirahanTagalog
- canlı, yaşamakTurkish
- яшәргәTatar
- на́живо, прожива́ти, жи́ти, ме́шкатиUkrainian
- رہنا, جیناUrdu
- yashamoqUzbek
- ở, sống, trực tiếpVietnamese
- וווינעןYiddish
- 生活Chinese
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Rhymes with Live
- misgive
- forgive
- ziv
- viv
- sieve
- give
How do you pronounce live?
Pronounce live as lɪv.
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Sentences with live
Quotes about live
4. live
verb. [‘ˈlaɪv, ˈlɪv’] have life, be alive.
Etymology
- liven (Middle English (1100-1500))
- libban (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
5. live
verb. [‘ˈlaɪv, ˈlɪv’] support oneself.
Etymology
- liven (Middle English (1100-1500))
- libban (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
8. live
adjective. [‘ˈlaɪv, ˈlɪv’] possessing life.
Etymology
- liven (Middle English (1100-1500))
- libban (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
9. live
adjective. [‘ˈlaɪv, ˈlɪv’] elastic; rebounds readily.
Etymology
- liven (Middle English (1100-1500))
- libban (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
10. live
adjective. [‘ˈlaɪv, ˈlɪv’] highly reverberant.
Etymology
- liven (Middle English (1100-1500))
- libban (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
live
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vb
1 be, be alive, breathe, draw breath, exist, have life
2 be permanent, be remembered, last, persist, prevail, remain alive
3 (sometimes with)
in abide, dwell, hang out (informal) inhabit, lodge, occupy, reside, settle, stay (chiefly Scot.)
4 abide, continue, earn a living, endure, fare, feed, get along, lead, make ends meet, pass, remain, subsist, support oneself, survive
5 be happy, enjoy life, flourish, luxuriate, make the most of life, prosper, thrive
6 live it up (informal) celebrate, enjoy oneself, have a ball (informal) have fun, make whoopee (informal) paint the town red, push the boat out (Brit. informal) revel
English Collins Dictionary — English synonyms & Thesaurus
live [2]
adj
1 alive, animate, breathing, existent, living, quick (archaic) vital
2 active, burning, controversial, current, hot, pertinent, pressing, prevalent, topical, unsettled, vital
3 (informal) active, alert, brisk, dynamic, earnest, energetic, lively, sparky, vigorous, vivid, wide-awake
4 active, alight, blazing, burning, connected, glowing, hot, ignited, smouldering, switched on
English Collins Dictionary — English synonyms & Thesaurus
live
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1] ( lives 3rd person present) ( living present participle) ( lived past tense & past participle ) (VERB USES)
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1 verb If someone lives in a particular place or with a particular person, their home is in that place or with that person.
She has lived here for 10 years… V adv/prep
She always said I ought to live alone… V adv/prep
Where do you live?… V adv/prep
He still lives with his parents. V adv/prep
2 verb If you say that someone lives in particular circumstances or that they live a particular kind of life, you mean that they are in those circumstances or that they have that kind of life.
We lived quite grandly… V adv/prep
Compared to people living only a few generations ago, we have greater opportunities to have a good time… V adv/prep
We can start living a normal life again now. V n
3 verb If you say that someone lives for a particular thing, you mean that it is the most important thing in their life.
He lived for his work. V for n
4 verb To live means to be alive. If someone livesto a particular age, they stay alive until they are that age.
He’s got a terrible disease and will not live long… V adv
He lived to be 103… V to-inf
Matilda was born in northern Italy in 1046 and apparently lived to a ripe old age… V to n
The blue whale is the largest living thing on the planet… V-ing
5 verb If people live by doing a particular activity, they get the money, food, or clothing they need by doing that activity.
no cont
…the last indigenous people to live by hunting… V by -ing/n
These crimes were committed largely by professional criminals who lived by crime. V by -ing/n
6 verb If you live by a particular rule, belief, or ideal, you behave in the way in which it says you should behave.
They live by the principle that we are here to add what we can to life, not to get what we want from it. V by n
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sin live down phrasal verb If you are unable to live down a mistake, failure, or bad reputation, you are unable to make people forget about it.
Labour was also unable to live down its reputation as the party of high taxes… V P n (not pron)
I thought I’d never live it down. V n P live off phrasal verb If you live off another person, you rely on them to provide you with money.
…a man who all his life had lived off his father. V P n live on , live off
1 phrasal verb If you live on or live off a particular amount of money, you have that amount of money to buy things.
Even with efficient budgeting, most students are unable to live on £4000 per year… V P amount
You’ll have enough to live on… V P amount
2 phrasal verb If you live on or live off a particular source of income, that is where you get the money that you need.
The proportion of Americans living on welfare rose… V P n
He’s been living off state benefits. V P n
3 phrasal verb If an animal lives on or lives off a particular food, this is the kind of food that it eats.
The fish live on the plankton… V P n
Most species live off aquatic snails. V P n
4 phrasal verb If you say that a person lives on or lives off a particular kind of food, you mean that it seems to be the only thing that they eat, for example because they like it a lot or because they do not have other foods.
The children live on chips… V P n
Their room was bare of furniture and they lived off porridge. V P n live on phrasal verb If someone lives on, they continue to be alive for a long time after a particular point in time or after a particular event.
I know my life has been cut short by this terrible virus but Daniel will live on after me. V P live out
1 phrasal verb If you live out your life in a particular place or in particular circumstances, you stay in that place or in those circumstances until the end of your life or until the end of a particular period of your life.
Gein did not stand trial but lived out his days in a mental asylum… V P n (not pron)
I couldn’t live my life out on tour like he does. V n P
2 phrasal verb If you live out a dream or idea, you do the things that you have thought about.
He began living out his rock `n’ roll fantasy during his last year in law school… V P n (not pron)
I suppose some people create an idea of who they want to be, and then they live it out. V n P live through phrasal verb If you live through an unpleasant event or change, you experience it and survive.
We are too young to have lived through the war… V P n live together phrasal verb If two people are not married but live in the same house and have a sexual relationship, you can say that they live together.
The couple had been living together for 16 years. V P live up to phrasal verb If someone or something lives up to what they were expected to be, they are as good as they were expected to be.
Sales have not lived up to expectations this year… V P P n
Translation English Cobuild Collins Dictionary
live [2] (ADJECTIVE USES)
1 adj Live animals or plants are alive, rather than being dead or artificial.
ADJ n (Antonym: dead)
…a protest against the company’s tests on live animals., …baskets of live chickens.
2 adj A live television or radio programme is one in which an event or performance is broadcast at exactly the same time as it happens, rather than being recorded first.
Murray was a guest on a live radio show., …we were laughing and gossiping, oblivious to the fact that we were on live TV…, A broadcast of the speech was heard in San Francisco, but it is not known if this was live.
Live is also an adverb., adv ADV after v
It was broadcast live in 50 countries…, We’ll be going live to Nottingham later in this bulletin.
3 adj A live performance is given in front of an audience, rather than being recorded and then broadcast or shown in a film.
usu ADJ n
The Rainbow has not hosted live music since the end of 1981…, A live audience will pose the questions…, The band was forced to cancel a string of live dates.
Live is also an adverb., adv ADV after v
Kat Bjelland has been playing live with her new band.
4 adj A live recording is a recording of a band playing at a concert, rather than in a studio.
usu ADJ n
This is my favourite live album of all time…
5 adj A live wire or piece of electrical equipment is directly connected to a source of electricity.
usu ADJ n
The plug broke, exposing live wires…, He warned others about the live electric cables as they climbed to safety.
6 adj Live bullets are made of metal, rather than rubber or plastic, and are intended to kill people rather than injure them.
usu ADJ n
They trained in the jungle using live ammunition.
7 adj A live bomb or missile is one which has not yet exploded.
usu ADJ n
A live bomb had earlier been defused.
Translation English Cobuild Collins Dictionary
live off
v.
to depend on something or on someone to cover the basic expenses
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