liveverb
uk/lɪv/us/lɪv/live verb (BE ALIVE)
B1 [ I ] (to continue) to be alive or have life:
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- Mrs Jones is failing fast, and the doctor doesn't think she'll live much longer.
- Few people live beyond the age of a hundred.
- The study found that men who were married lived longer than those who were not.
- All animals have to eat in order to live.
- Her joy at the birth of her son was tinged with sadness that her father had not lived to see him.
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Life and living
- alive
- animate
- borrow
- cheat
- cheat death idiom
- co-exist
- cradle
- hold
- immortal
- inanimate
- last
- last out
- lead 1
- life cycle
- life expectancy
- live out sth
- longevity
- outlive
- subsist
- subsistence
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live verb (HAVE A HOME)
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- She went to live abroad after the break-up of her marriage.
- Do you know the people who live at No. 17?
- I don't like the idea of living so far away from my family.
- It's very convenient that you live near the office.
- We live on a quiet road.
A1 to have your home somewhere:
[ I ] informal to be kept usually in a particular place:
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Living or sleeping somewhere
- abide
- domiciled
- dwell
- exist
- habitable
- inhospitable
- live in
- live in sin idiom
- live out
- live-in
- lodge
- populate
- residence
- residency
- resident
- room
- root
- settle
- settle down
- squat
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live verb (SPEND LIFE)
B1 [ I usually + adv/prep, T ] to spend your life in a particular way:
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- He likes to live dangerously.
- I quite like wine but I could live without it.
- You can't expect to live in a continual state of marital bliss.
- We live in a toughly competitive world.
- She's miserable living on her own.
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Life and living
- alive
- animate
- borrow
- cheat
- cheat death idiom
- co-exist
- cradle
- hold
- immortal
- inanimate
- last
- last out
- lead 1
- life cycle
- life expectancy
- live out sth
- longevity
- outlive
- subsist
- subsistence
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live verb (STAY ALIVE)
C2 [ I ] to stay alive, especially by getting enough money to pay for food, a place to stay, clothing, etc.:
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- They have to steal to live.
- He lives by catching fish.
- They live off the proceeds from selling the palace.
- He lives off other people's kindness.
- They lived by gathering nuts and seeds.
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Life and living
- alive
- animate
- borrow
- cheat
- cheat death idiom
- co-exist
- cradle
- hold
- immortal
- inanimate
- last
- last out
- lead 1
- life cycle
- life expectancy
- live out sth
- longevity
- outlive
- subsist
- subsistence
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live verb (CONTINUE)
[ I ] (of things that are not alive) to exist or continue to exist:
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Continue & last
- (it's) business as usual idiom
- bash on
- carry (sth) on
- cease
- cont
- contd
- drag
- keep at sth
- keep on doing sth
- keep on trucking idiom
- keep sb at it idiom
- leg
- nine
- push
- run on
- run over (sth)
- see sth out
- segue
- soldier on
- string
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live verb (INTERESTING LIFE)
[ I ] to have an interesting life:
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Exciting and interesting
- absorbing
- action-packed
- alley
- arresting
- barnstorming
- glowing
- gnarly
- gripping
- interesting
- interestingly
- meaty
- rip-roaring
- rousing
- Roy of the Rovers stuff
- scintillating
- sensational
- sensationally
- sex sth up
- showstopper
- whirlwind
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Idiom(s)
Phrasal verb(s)
liveadjective
uk/laɪv/us/laɪv/live adjective (HAVING LIFE)
[ before noun ] having life:
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- They transport live cattle across the country.
- The place was full of live rats.
- He said he'd seen a live dinosaur.
- He uses live insects as bait.
- She carries a live snake round her neck.
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Life and living
- alive
- animate
- borrow
- cheat
- cheat death idiom
- co-exist
- cradle
- hold
- immortal
- inanimate
- last
- last out
- lead 1
- life cycle
- life expectancy
- live out sth
- longevity
- outlive
- subsist
- subsistence
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live adjective (AS IT HAPPENS)
B1 (of a performance) broadcast, recorded, or seen while it is happening:
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- I saw the Rolling Stones live.
- I wish I had seen Maria Callas live.
- The concert was broadcast live from New York.
- The show was recorded in front of a live audience.
- The stunt was filmed live.
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Simultaneous and consecutive
- accompany
- all the while idiom
- along
- along the way idiom
- alternate
- even
- go
- in rotation idiom
- in tandem idiom
- in the process idiom
- no sooner ... than idiom
- once
- over
- sync
- synchronous
- the minute (that) idiom
- through
- throughout
- together
- under
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live adjective (ELECTRICITY)
(of a wire) carrying or charged with electricity:
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Electricity & electronics
- anodize
- anti-static
- chargeable
- charger
- conduction
- destructive interference
- electric
- electric field
- electrical
- electromagnetic
- electrostatic
- flow
- generation
- homing
- input
- linesman
- rechargeable
- resistor
- solid-state
- transistorized
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live adjective (ABLE TO EXPLODE)
able to explode:
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Exploding and erupting
- blast
- blow
- blow (sb/sth) up
- blowout
- burst
- burst in on sb/sth
- burst in/into (somewhere)
- detonate
- erupt
- explode
- explosion
- flare
- go
- go off
- go pop idiom
- go up
- ignite
- pop
- set
- set sth off
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live adjective (BURNING)
(of a fire, coals, or a match) still burning or able to burn:
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Burning, burnt & on fire
- ablaze
- alight
- blaze
- burned out
- burnt
- burnt out
- burst
- char
- flame
- flammable
- forest fire
- frazzled
- go up in flames idiom
- incinerate
- inextinguishable
- scald
- sear
- singe
- smolder
- spontaneous combustion
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liveadverb
uk/laɪv/us/laɪv/broadcast as it happens; performing or being performed in front of an audience:
If a new system, especially a computer system, goes live, it starts to operate:
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Present
- all over somewhere idiom
- anywhere
- appearance
- attend
- attendance
- attendant
- be in at the kill idiom
- front
- here
- immanent
- in the flesh idiom
- kick
- kick around
- kill
- pervasive
- presence
- present
- sit
- sit through sth
- synchronic
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