livable
livable

live


Definition: Meaning of, live in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / lɪv /

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live lived lived
Present Participle Third Person Singular
living lives
  1. in a place/home [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] if you live in a place, you have your home there
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  2. plant/animal [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] a plant or animal that lives in a particular place grows there or has its home there
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  3. at a particular time [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] if you live at a particular time, you are alive then
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  4. be/stay alive [intransitive] to be alive or be able to stay alive
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  5. way of life [intransitive always + adverb/preposition, transitive] to have a particular type of life, or live in a particular way
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  6. earn a living [intransitive] the way that someone lives is the way that they earn money to buy food etc
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  7. exciting life [intransitive] to have an exciting life
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  8. imagine something [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to imagine that things are happening to you
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  9. be kept somewhere [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] British English informal the place where something lives is the place where it is kept
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  10. still exist/have influence [intransitive] if an idea lives, it continues to exist and influence people
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  11. living quarters the part of a building where people live, especially a building that is used by many people or is used for several different purposes
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  12. living expenses the money you need to spend in order to live, for example on food or a house
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  13. living arrangements the way someone organizes how and where they will live
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  14. live it up informal to do things that you enjoy and spend a lot of money
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  15. live by your wits to get money by being clever or dishonest, and not by doing an ordinary job
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  16. live a lie to pretend all the time that you feel or believe something when actually you do not feel that way
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  17. be living on borrowed time to be still alive after the time that you were expected to die
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  18. live in sin old-fashioned if people live in sin, they live together and have a sexual relationship without being married [↪  live together]
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  19. live and breathe something to enjoy doing something so much that you spend most of your time on it
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  20. you live and learn spoken used to say that you have just learned something that you did not know before
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  21. live and let live used to say that you should accept other people's behaviour, even if it seems strange
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  22. you haven't lived (if/until...) spoken used to say that someone's life will be boring if they do not do a particular exciting thing
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  23. somebody will live to regret it used to say that someone will wish that they had not done something
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  24. live to see/fight another day to continue to live or work after a failure or after you have dealt with a difficult situation
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  25. live life to the full to enjoy doing a lot of different things
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  26. live high on the hog used to say that someone has a nice life because they have a lot of money and buy expensive things - often used to show disapproval
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  27. live from hand to mouth to have only just enough money to buy food
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  28. long live the King/Queen! etc spoken used as an expression of loyal support for a person
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  29. long live democracy/freedom etc used to say that you hope something continues to exist for a long time
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  1. living [only before noun] not dead or artificial [=  living]
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  2. tv/radio a live television or radio programme is seen or heard on television or radio at the same time as it is actually happening
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  3. music/theatre a live performance is one in which the entertainer performs for people who are watching, rather than a film, record etc
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  4. electricity a wire or piece of equipment that is live has electricity flowing through it
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  5. bombs a live bomb still has the power to explode because it has not been used
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  6. bullets live bullets are real ones that are made of metal and can kill people
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  7. issue a live subject or problem is one that still interests or worries people
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  8. live coals pieces of coal that are burning
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  9. yoghurt live YOGHURT contains BACTERIA that are still alive
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  1. if something is broadcast live, it is broadcast on television or radio as it is actually happening [↪  prerecorded]
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  2. if people perform live, they perform in front of people who have come to watch, rather than for a film, record etc
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  3. go live when a system or project goes live, people start to use it after it has been planned and discussed for a long time
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live used in phrases

  • California live oak (noun)
    1. highly variable often shrubby evergreen oak of coastal zone of western North America having small thick usually spiny-toothed dark-green leaves
  • Live Aid
    1. two popular music concerts held in London and Philadephia on the same day in 1985, which were organized by the musician Bob Geldof to collect money to help people dying of hunger in Ethiopia. Live Aid led to other similar events, such as COMIC RELIEF .
  • Radio 5 Live
    1. a BBC radio station which broadcasts news and sports programmes 24 hours a day
  • Saturday Night Live
    1. a humorous US television programme which started in the 1970s, on which many well-known COMEDIAN s first appeared
  • canyon live oak (noun)
    1. medium-sized evergreen of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico with oblong leathery often spiny-edged leaves
  • coast live oak (noun)
    1. highly variable often shrubby evergreen oak of coastal zone of western North America having small thick usually spiny-toothed dark-green leaves
  • interior live oak (noun)
    1. a small shrubby evergreen tree of western North America similar to the coast live oak but occurring chiefly in foothills of mountain ranges removed from the coast; an important part of the chaparral
  • live axle (noun)
    1. the axle of a self-propelled vehicle that provides the driving power
  • live birth (noun)
    1. regardless of the length of gestation the birth of a living foetus
  • live body (noun)
    1. the body of a living animal or person
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live used in phrasal verbs

  • live by (phrasal verb)
    1. live by something to behave according to a particular set of beliefs or principles
  • live down (phrasal verb)
    1. [usually in negatives] to make people forget about something embarrassing or silly that you have done
  • live for (phrasal verb)
    1. live for something / someone to think someone or something is so important that they are your main reason for living
    2. have something to live for to have a reason to want to stay alive
  • live in (phrasal verb)
    1. to live at the place where you work or study
  • live off (phrasal verb)
    1. live off someone / something to depend on someone or something for the money or food that you need
  • live on (phrasal verb)
    1. live on something to have a particular amount of money to buy the things that you need to live
    2. live on something to eat a particular kind of food
  • live out (phrasal verb)
    1. [transitive] live out something to do something that you have thought or dreamed of doing
    2. [intransitive] to not live at the place where you work or study
  • live through (phrasal verb)
    1. live through something to experience a dangerous or unpleasant situation and still be alive after it
  • live together (phrasal verb)
    1. if two people live together, they are not married but live in the same house and have a sexual relationship
  • live up to (phrasal verb)
    1. live up to something to be as good as what was expected or promised
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