Live

/ˈlɪv/ · verb

Meaning

(intransitive) To be alive; to have life..

Definitions by Sense

1. (intransitive) To be alive; to have life.
2. (intransitive) To have permanent residence somewhere, to inhabit, to reside.
3. (intransitive) To survive; to persevere; to continue.
4. (intransitive) To endure in memory; to escape oblivion.
5. (intransitive, hyperbolic) To cope.
6. (intransitive) To pass life in a specified manner.
7. (transitive) To spend, as one's life; to pass; to maintain; to continue in, constantly or habitually.
8. (transitive) To act habitually in conformity with; to practice; to exemplify in one's way of life.

Example Sentences

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

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

Athelstan Arundel walked home all the way, foaming and raging. No omnibus, cab, or conveyance ever built could contain a young man in such a rage. His mother lived at Pembridge Square, which is four good measured miles from Lincoln's Inn.

It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.

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.

Her memory lives in that song.

He has now overseen three straight victories since taking over from Claudio Ranieri and this latest win, against one of the best teams in Europe, will live long in the memory for every Leicester supporter.

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

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Word Forms

• lives
• living
• lived
• more live
• most live

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