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live out
live 1 L0207500 (lĭv)v. lived, liv·ing, lives v.intr.1. To be alive; exist.2. To continue to be alive: lived through a bad accident.3. To support oneself; subsist: living on rice and fish; lives on a small inheritance.4. To reside; dwell: lives on a farm.5. To conduct one's life in a particular manner: lived frugally.6. To pursue a positive, satisfying existence; enjoy life: those who truly live.7. To remain in human memory: an event that lives on in our minds.v.tr.1. To spend or pass (one's life).2. To go through; experience: lived a nightmare.3. To practice in one's life: live one's beliefs.Phrasal Verbs: live down To overcome or reduce the shame of (a misdeed, for example) over a period of time. live in To reside in the place where one is employed: household servants who live in. live out To live outside one's place of domestic employment: household servants who live out. live with To put up with; resign oneself to: disliked the situation but had to live with it.Idioms: live it up Slang To engage in festive pleasures or extravagances. live off/on the fat of the land To enjoy the best of everything; live in comfort or luxury. live up to1. To live or act in accordance with: lived up to their parents' ideals.2. To prove equal to: a new technology that did not live up to our expectations.3. To carry out; fulfill: lived up to her end of the bargain.
[Middle English liven, from Old English libban, lifian; see leip- in Indo-European roots.]
live 2 L0207600 (līv)adj.1. Having life; alive: live animals. See Synonyms at living.2. Of, related to, or occurring during the life of one that is living: a live birth; the live weight of an animal before being slaughtered.3. Of current interest or relevance: a live topic; still a live option.4. Informal Full of life, excitement, or activity; lively: a live crowd at the parade; a live party.5. Glowing; burning: live coals.6. Not yet exploded but capable of being fired: live ammunition.7. Electricity Carrying an electric current or energized with electricity: live cables lying dangerously on the ground.8. Not mined or quarried; in the natural state: live ore.9. a. Broadcast while actually being performed; not taped, filmed, or recorded: a live television program.b. Involving performers or spectators who are physically present: live entertainment; a live audience.10. Of, relating to, or containing living bacteria or active viruses, sometimes in an attenuated form: live yogurt cultures; a live measles vaccine.11. Printing Not yet set into type: live copy.12. Sports In play: a live ball.adv. At, during, or from the time of actual occurrence or performance: The landing on the moon was telecast live.
[Short for alive.]
live′ness n.live out vb (intr, adverb) (of an employee, as in a hospital or hotel) to dwell away from one's place of employment Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | live out - live out one's life; live to the endlive on, survive, last, live, endure, hold out, hold up, go - 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?" | | 2. | live out - work in a house where one does not live; "our cook lives out; he can easily commute from his home"sleep outcommute - travel back and forth regularly, as between one's place of work and homelive in, sleep in - live in the house where one works; "our babysitter lives in, as it is too far to commute for her" |
Translationsconcluderevivere fuori casalive out
live out1. To go through and complete a particular period of time. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "live" and "out." I just want to live my remaining years out on my grandfather's farm in the country.2. To successfully achieve, accomplish, or complete some goal or desire. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "live" and "out." At the age of forty, I'm finally living out my dream of being a professional author. He's living his hopes out of becoming a surgeon.3. To do something that mimics or acts out one's intimate dreams, desires, passions, or fantasies. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "live" and "out." The experience puts amateurs in the pilot seat, giving them the chance to live out their fantasies of flying an airplane.4. To dwell or reside in a location away from one's place of employment or education. They offered the nanny a room in their house, but he said he preferred to live out.See also: live, outlive something outto act out something such as one's fantasies. She tried to live her dreams out. He has a tendency to try to live out his fantasies.See also: live, outlive out1. Complete or survive the end of a period of time, as in Grandpa wants to live out his days in a warmer climate. [First half of 1500s] 2. Reside away from one's place of employment, as in She's a fine housekeeper, but insists on living out. This expression is used primarily for domestic help. [Mid-1800s] Also see live in, def. 1. 3. live out of. Lead a lifestyle characterized by a particular item. This phrase appears in such idioms as live out of a suitcase, meaning "to travel so much that one has no time to unpack one's belongings," or live out of cans, meaning "to eat only canned food for lack of other foods or time to prepare them." For example, Traveling for months on end, he got very tired of living out of a suitcase, or We had neither gas nor electricity for a week and had to live out of cans. See also: live, outlive outv.1. To live outside one's place of domestic employment: You have to get home on time when you have a nanny who lives out.2. To experience the passing and completion of some period of time or the attainment of something planned, desired, or imagined: She hopes to live out her dreams of becoming a famous author. He lived his last days out on a remote tropical island.See also: live, outEncyclopediaSeelivelive out
Related to live out: live up, leave outSynonyms for live outverb live out one's lifeRelated Words- live on
- survive
- last
- live
- endure
- hold out
- hold up
- go
verb work in a house where one does not liveSynonymsRelated WordsAntonyms |