live

1. 1

   To be alive; to have life.intransitive

   • He's not expected to live for more than a few months.
2. 2

   To have permanent residence somewhere, to inhabit, to reside.intransitive

   • I live at 2a Acacia Avenue. At that time I'd been living in a camper for about six months.
3. 3

   To have permanent residence somewhere, to inhabit, to reside.; (of an object) to have its proper place; to normally be stored.informalintransitive

   • I washed your gravy boat. Where does it live?
4. 4

   To survive; to persevere; to continue.intransitive

   • When Lazarus left his charnel-cave, ⁠And home to Mary’s house return’d, […] ‘Where wert thou, brother, those four days?’ ⁠There lives no record of reply, ⁠Which telling what it is to die Had surely added praise to praise.
5. 5

   To endure in memory; to escape oblivion.intransitive

   • Her memory lives in that song.
6. 6

   To cope.excessiveintransitive

   • You'll just have to live with it! I can't live in a world without you.
7. 7

   To pass life in a specified manner.intransitive

   • It is difficult to live in poverty. And they lived happily ever after.
8. 8

   To spend, as one's life; to pass; to maintain; to continue in, constantly or habitually.transitive

   • To live an idle or a useful life.
9. 9

   To act habitually in conformity with; to practice; to exemplify in one's way of life.transitive

   • to live the Gospel
   • The key to our freedom then, isn't begging for tolerance, but living our full rights.
10. 10

    To live as; to live being.obsoletetransitive

    • at leaſt admit vs libertie, Euen as thou hopſt to be eternized, By liuing Aſias mightie Emperour.

syn. dwell · last · remain

1. 1

   Having life; that is alive.attributive

   • The post office will not ship live animals.
2. 2

   Being in existence; actual.

   • He is a live example of the consequences of excessive drinking.
3. 3

   Having active properties; being energized.

   • Because the vaccinia virus is live, it is important to follow care instructions for the vaccination site.
4. 4

   Operational; in actual use rather than in testing etc.

5. 5

   Operational; in actual use rather than in testing etc.; Of an object or value: that may potentially be used in the future execution of a program.

   • 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.
6. 6

   Taken from a living animal.

   • live feathers
7. 7

   Imparting power; having motion.

   • the live spindle of a lathe
   • a live, or driving, axle
8. 8

   Still in active play.

   • a live ball
9. 9

   Of a card: not yet dealt or played.

   • As a beginner, when you are in a hand, you should practice counting your outs, or those live cards left in the deck that can improve your hand.
10. 10

    Being broadcast ("on the air"), as it happens.

    • The station presented a live news program every evening.
    • Are we live?

syn. alive

ant. dead · blank · dummy · neutral · recorded · prerecorded · broadcast · animated

1. 1

   Of an event, as it happens; in real time; direct.

   • The concert was broadcast live by radio.
2. 2

   Of making a performance or speech, in person.

   • He'll be appearing live at the auditorium.