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* Filipino: [[manirahan]] |
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* Finnish: {{t+|fi|asua}}, {{t+|fi|elää}} |
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Revision as of 11:53, 16 March 2009
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See also: Live
English
Etymology 1
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English (deprecated template usage) libban
Pronunciation
- enPR: lĭv, Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "/lɪv/" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E., Template:SAMPA
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "en-us-live-verb.ogg" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
Verb
live (third-person singular simple present liv, present participle ing, simple past and past participle lived)
- Template:intransitive To be alive; to have life.
- He's not expected to live for more than a few months.
- Template:intransitive To have permanent residence somewhere.
- I live at 2a Acacia Avenue.
- Template:intransitive To survive, to persevere, to continue.
- Her memory lives in that song.
- Template:transitive To spend, as one's life; to pass; to maintain; to continue in, constantly or habitually.
- to live an idle or a useful life.
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- Template:transitive To act habitually in conformity with; to practice.
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Derived terms
terms derived from live (verb)
Translations
be alive
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have permanent residence
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survive, persevere
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Etymology 2
See alive
Pronunciation
- enPR: līv, Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "/laɪv/" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E., Template:SAMPA
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "en-us-live-adj.ogg" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
Adjective
live (comparative more live, superlative most live)
- Having life; that is alive. Used attributively.
- The post office will not ship live animals.
- Template:broadcasting Seen or heard from a broadcast, as it happens.
- The station presented a live news program every evening.
- Of firearms or explosives, capable of causing harm.
- The air force practices dropping live bombs on the uninhabited island.
- (deprecated template usage) Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "circuitry" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. Electrically charged or energized, usually indicating that the item may cause electrocution if touched.
- Use caution when working near live wires.
- Template:poker Being a bet which can be raised by the bettor, usually in reference to a blind or straddle.
- Tommy's blind was live, so he was given the option to raise.
Usage notes
- Live in the sense of "having life" is used only attributively (before a noun), as in "live animals". Predicatively (after the noun), alive is used, as in "be alive". Living may be used either attributively or predicatively.
Synonyms
Antonyms
- Template:italbrac-colon dead
- Template:italbrac-colon blank, dummy
- Template:italbrac-colon neutral, dead
Derived terms
Terms derived from the adjective "live"
Translations
having life
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capable of causing harm
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electrically charged
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Adverb
live (comparative more live, superlative most live)
Translations
as it happens
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External links
- “live”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “live”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Anagrams
Danish
Etymology
Verbal form of the noun liv
Verb
live (op)
- To enliven.
German
Adverb
(deprecated template usage) live
- (deprecated template usage) (of an event, as it happens; in real time; direct) live
Italian
Adjective
live Template:inv
- Performed or recorded live
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English lemmas
- English verbs
- Translations to be checked (Persian)
- Translations to be checked (Telugu)
- Translations to be checked (Welsh)
- English adjectives
- Translations to be checked (Latvian)
- Translations to be checked (Slovak)
- English adverbs
- English heteronyms
- Danish verbs
- German lemmas
- German adverbs