aliveadjective
uk/əˈlaɪv/us/əˈlaɪv/B1 [ after verb ] living, not dead:
He must be 90 if he's still alive.
Doctors kept him alive on a life-support machine.
She's alive and well and living in New Zealand.
C2 If something is alive, it continues to exist:
Relatives of the missing sailors are struggling to keep their hopes alive.
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- She wept for joy when she was told that her husband was still alive.
- He was the last person to see the woman alive, and suspicion immediately fell on him.
- He could be kept alive artificially, but I think it would be kinder to let nature take its course.
- If an avalanche strikes, skiers can be buried alive by snow.
- She eats only the bare minimum to stay alive.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Life and living
- animate
- borrow
- cheat
- cheat death idiom
- co-exist
- come through (sth)
- hold
- immortal
- last
- last out
- lead 1
- life cycle
- life expectancy
- life form
- living
- longevity
- outlive
- subsist
- subsistence
- survivable
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Existing and being
Idiom(s)
alive to sth
alive with sth
be alive and well/kicking
come alive