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live

/l/aI/v/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

  1. actually being performed at the time of hearing or viewing

    adj.all

    Examples
    A live television program.
    Brought to you live from Lincoln Center.
    Live entertainment involves performers actually in the physical presence of a live audience.
    Synonyms unrecorded
    Antonyms recorded

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. exerting force or containing energy

    adj.all

    Examples
    Live coals.
    Tossed a live cigarette out the window.
    Got a shock from a live wire.
    Live ore is unmined ore.
    A live bomb.
    A live ball is one in play.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. possessing life

    adj.all

    Examples
    The happiest person alive.
    The nerve is alive.
    Doctors are working hard to keep him alive.
    Burned alive.
    A live canary.
    Synonyms alive
    Antonyms dead

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  4. Having life; alive; living; not dead.

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

noun

  1. Life.

    noun

    Source: webster1913

adverb

  1. not recorded

    adv.all

    Examples
    The opera was broadcast live.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

adjective satellite

  1. highly reverberant

    adj.all

    Examples
    A live concert hall.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. charged with an explosive

    adj.all

    Examples
    Live ammunition.
    A live bomb.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. elastic; rebounds readily

    adj.all

    Examples
    A lively tennis ball.
    Synonyms bouncy lively resilient springy

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  4. abounding with life and energy

    adj.all

    Examples
    The club members are a really live bunch.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  5. in current use or ready for use

    adj.all

    Examples
    Live copy is ready to be set in type or already set but not yet proofread.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  6. of current relevance

    adj.all

    Examples
    A live issue.
    Still a live option.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  7. charged or energized with electricity

    adj.all

    Examples
    A live wire.
    Synonyms hot

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  8. capable of erupting

    adj.all

    Examples
    A live volcano.
    The volcano is very much alive.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

verb

  1. inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of

    verb.stative

    Examples
    People lived in Africa millions of years ago.
    Synonyms dwell inhabit populate

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style

    verb.stative

    Examples
    We had to live frugally after the war.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. continue to live through hardship or adversity

    verb.stative

    Examples
    The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents.
    Synonyms endure go hold out hold up last live on survive

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  4. support oneself

    verb.stative

    Examples
    Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?
    Synonyms exist subsist survive

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  5. have life, be alive

    verb.stative

    Examples
    My grandfather lived until the end of war.
    Synonyms be

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  6. have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations

    verb.cognition

    Examples
    I have lived a kind of hell when I was a drug addict.
    The holocaust survivors have lived a nightmare.
    I lived through two divorces.
    Synonyms experience know

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  7. pursue a positive and satisfying existence

    verb.stative

    Examples
    You must accept yourself and others if you really want to live.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  8. To be alive; to have life; to have, as an animal or a plant, the capacity of assimilating matter as food, and to be dependent on such assimilation for a continuance of existence; as, animals and plants that <i>live</i> to a great age are long in reaching maturity.

    verb

    Source: webster1913

  9. To spend, as one's life; to pass; to maintain; to continue in, constantly or habitually; as, to <i>live</i> an idle or a useful life.

    verb

    Source: webster1913

Nearby words

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