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LIVE
I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Capable of erupting
Example:
the volcano is very much alive
Synonyms:
alive; live
Classified under:
Similar:
active ((of e.g. volcanos) capable of erupting)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Possessing life
Example:
a live canary
Synonyms:
alive; live
Classified under:
Similar:
liveborn ((of newborn infant) showing signs of life after birth; not stillborn)
viable (capable of life or normal growth and development)
vital (manifesting or characteristic of life)
Also:
animate (endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life)
Attribute:
animation; vitality (the property of being able to survive and grow)
aliveness; animation; life; living (the condition of living or the state of being alive)
Derivation:
liveness (the property of being animated; having animal life as distinguished from plant life)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Exerting force or containing energy
Example:
a live ball is one in play
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
living ((used of minerals or stone) in its natural state and place; not mined or quarried)
Also:
active ((of e.g. volcanos) erupting or liable to erupt)
Antonym:
dead (not showing characteristics of life especially the capacity to sustain life; no longer exerting force or having energy or heat)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Charged or energized with electricity
Example:
a live wire
Synonyms:
hot; live
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
charged (of a particle or body or system; having a net amount of positive or negative electric charge)
Domain category:
electricity (a physical phenomenon associated with stationary or moving electrons and protons)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Of current relevance
Example:
still a live option
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
current (occurring in or belonging to the present time)
Sense 6
Meaning:
In current use or ready for use
Example:
live copy is ready to be set in type or already set but not yet proofread
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
current (occurring in or belonging to the present time)
Domain category:
printing; printing process (reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication)
Sense 7
Meaning:
Abounding with life and energy
Example:
the club members are a really live bunch
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
lively (full of life and energy)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
Sense 8
Meaning:
Elastic; rebounds readily
Example:
springy turf
Synonyms:
bouncy; live; lively; resilient; springy
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
elastic (capable of resuming original shape after stretching or compression; springy)
Sense 9
Meaning:
Actually being performed at the time of hearing or viewing
Example:
live entertainment involves performers actually in the physical presence of a live audience
Synonyms:
live; unrecorded
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
unfilmed; untaped (not recorded on film or tape)
Antonym:
recorded (set down or registered in a permanent form especially on film or tape for reproduction)
Sense 10
Meaning:
Charged with an explosive
Example:
a live bomb
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
loaded ((of weapons) charged with ammunition)
Sense 11
Meaning:
Highly reverberant
Example:
a live concert hall
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
reverberant (having a tendency to reverberate or be repeatedly reflected)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they live ... he / she / it lives
Past simple: lived
Past participle: lived
-ing form: living
Sense 1
Meaning:
Have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations
Example:
I lived through two divorces
Synonyms:
experience; know; live
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "live" is one way to...):
experience; go through; see (undergo or live through a difficult experience)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "live"):
taste (experience briefly)
live over; relive (experience again, often in the imagination)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Have life, be alive
Example:
My grandfather lived until the end of war
Synonyms:
be; live
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Verb group:
endure; go; hold out; hold up; last; live; live on; survive (continue to live and avoid dying)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
living (the condition of living or the state of being alive)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style
Example:
we had to live frugally after the war
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
"Live" entails doing...:
be; exist (have an existence, be extant)
Verb group:
live (pursue a positive and satisfying existence)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "live"):
board (lodge and take meals (at))
move (live one's life in a specified environment)
dissipate (live a life of pleasure, especially with respect to alcoholic consumption)
swing (live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style)
live down; unlive (live so as to annul some previous behavior)
wanton (indulge in a carefree or voluptuous way of life)
vegetate (lead a passive existence without using one's body or mind)
pig; pig it (live like a pig, in squalor)
bushwhack (live in the bush as a fugitive or as a guerilla)
buccaneer (live like a buccaneer)
bach; bachelor (lead a bachelor's existence)
eke out (live from day to day, as with some hardship)
cash out (choose a simpler life style after questioning personal and career satisfaction goals)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Derivation:
liver (a person who has a special life style)
living (the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Pursue a positive and satisfying existence
Example:
You must accept yourself and others if you really want to live
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Verb group:
live (lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Sense 5
Meaning:
Support oneself
Example:
Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day
Synonyms:
exist; live; subsist; survive
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Verb group:
endure; go; hold out; hold up; last; live; live on; survive (continue to live and avoid dying)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "live"):
drift; freewheel (live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely)
breathe (be alive)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s on something
Somebody ----s PP
Sense 6
Meaning:
Continue to live and avoid dying
Example:
One crash victim died, the other lived
Synonyms:
endure; go; hold out; hold up; last; live; live on; survive
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
"Live" entails doing...:
be; live (have life, be alive)
Verb group:
exist; live; subsist; survive (support oneself)
be; live (have life, be alive)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "live"):
hold up; hold water; stand up (resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc.)
perennate (survive from season to season, of plants)
live out (live out one's life; live to the end)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
The business is going to live
Sense 7
Meaning:
Be an inhabitant of or reside in
Example:
deer are populating the woods
Synonyms:
dwell; inhabit; live; populate
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "live" is one way to...):
be (occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "live"):
tenant (occupy as a tenant)
neighbor; neighbour (live or be located as a neighbor)
lodge in; occupy; reside (live (in a certain place))
domicile; domiciliate; reside; shack (make one's home in a particular place or community)
people (furnish with people)
overpopulate (cause to have too great a population)
cohabit; live together; shack up (share living quarters; usually said of people who are not married and live together as a couple)
lodge (be a lodger; stay temporarily)
bivouac; camp; camp out; encamp; tent (live in or as if in a tent)
nest (inhabit a nest, usually after building)
board; room (live and take one's meals at or in)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Also:
live in (live in the house where one works)
live out (work in a house where one does not live)
Derivation:
livable; liveable (fit or suitable to live in or with)
liver (someone who lives in a place)
III. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not recorded
Example:
the opera was broadcast live
Classified under:
Context examples:
No, that will do: but after your mama went to the Holy Virgin, as you say, with whom did you live then?
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
A group of animals of the same species that are living, or being housed together.
(Animal Colony, NCI Thesaurus)
The age at which a woman gave birth to her first live child.
(Age at First Live Birth, NCI Thesaurus)
A more honest man never lived.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Used properly, antibiotics can save lives.
(Antibiotics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
A unit for virus amount measurement that represents a number of viral particles (live and dead combined) expressed in millions.
(Million Viral Particles, NCI Thesaurus)
The event interferes with usual activities of daily living, causing discomfort but poses no significant or permanent risk of harm to the research participant.
(Moderate Adverse Event, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
The children in the study took probiotic capsule that contained different strains of live bacteria, each of which have been found to have some positive benefits in research.
(Supplements of 'Good Bacteria' Can Enhance Weight Loss in Dieters, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Pus is a mixture of living and dead white blood cells, germs, and dead tissue.
(Abscess, NIH)
This upward current brought the nitrates nearer to the surface, where phytoplankton, which also need sunlight, tend to live.
(Scientists report skyrocketing phyotplankton population in aftermath of Kīlauea eruption, Wikinews)
