Live

Quick meaning: Live is a verb meaning (intransitive) To be alive; to have life.

Meaning

(intransitive) To be alive; to have life.

More Meanings

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

Example Sentences

Her memory lives in that song.

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

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

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

Word Forms

• lives
• living
• lived

Synonyms for live

Depending on context, synonyms include dwell, go on, last, remain, living, alive.

Antonyms for live

Common opposites include dead, blank, dummy, neutral, recorded, prerecorded.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include alive, survive, subsist, endure, last, dwell.

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