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English [edit]

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Etymology 1 [edit]

From Middle English liven, from Old English libban, lifian (“to live”), from Proto-Germanic *libjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *leip- (“leave, cling, linger”). Cognate with West Frisian libje, Old Saxon libbian (Saxon/Low German lęven (“to live”)), Dutch leven, Old High German lebēn (German leben), Old Norse lifa (Swedish leva), Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽 (liban).

Pronunciation [edit]

Verb [edit]

live (third-person singular simple present lives, present participle living, simple past and past participle lived)

  1. (intransitive) To be alive; to have life.
    He's not expected to live for more than a few months.
  2. (intransitive) To have permanent residence somewhere.
    I live at 2a Acacia Avenue.
    He lives in LA, but he's staying here over the summer.
  3. (intransitive) To survive; to persevere; to continue.
    Her memory lives in that song.
  4. (intransitive, hyperbolic) To cope.
    You'll just have to live with it!
    I can't live in a world without you.
  5. (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.
    • 2011 December 19, Kerry Brown, “Kim Jong-il obituary”, The Guardian:
      By 1980, South Korea had overtaken its northern neighbour, and was well on its way to being one of the Asian tigers – high-performing economies, with democratic movements ultimately winning power in the 1990s. The withdrawal of most Soviet aid in 1991, with the fall of the Soviet empire, pushed North Korea further down. Kim Il-sung had held a genuine place on North Korean people's affections. His son was regarded as a shadowy playboy, with rumours circulating over the years that he imported Russian and Chinese prostitutes, and lived a life of profligacy and excess.
    • 1921, Juanita Helm Floyd, Women in the Life of Balzac:
      Many people write their romances, others live them; Honore de Balzac did both.
  6. (transitive) To act habitually in conformity with; to practice.
    • 2006, Laura Cardone, Motivation at Work[1]:
      Change happens from the inside out and this great resource can show you how to live the habits that build personal and professional effectiveness.
Derived terms [edit]
Terms derived from live (verb)
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Terms etymologically related to live
Translations [edit]
be alive
have permanent residence
survive, persevere
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Etymology 2 [edit]

See alive

Pronunciation [edit]

Adjective [edit]

live (not comparable)

  1. (only used attributively) Having life; that is alive.
    The post office will not ship live animals.
  2. Being in existence; actual
    He is a live example of the consequences of excessive drinking.
  3. Having active properties; being energized.
  4. Operational; being in actual use rather than in testing.
  5. (broadcasting) Seen or heard from a broadcast, as it happens.
    The station presented a live news program every evening.
  6. Of a performance or speech, in person.
    This night club has a live band on weekends.
  7. Of a recorded performance, made in front of an audience, or not having been edited after recording.
  8. Of firearms or explosives, capable of causing harm.
    The air force practices dropping live bombs on the uninhabited island.
  9. (circuitry) Electrically charged or energized, usually indicating that the item may cause electrocution if touched.
    Use caution when working near live wires.
  10. (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.
  11. Featuring humans; not animated, in the phrases “live actors” or “live action”.
Usage notes [edit]
  • 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.
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Terms derived from the adjective "live"
Compounds [edit]
Translations [edit]
having life
(broadcasting) Seen or heard from a broadcast, as it happens
capable of causing harm
electrically charged
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Adverb [edit]

live (comparative more live, superlative most live)

  1. Of an event, as it happens; in real time; direct.
    The concert was broadcast live by radio.
  2. Of making a performance or speech, in person.
    He'll be appearing live at the auditorium.
Translations [edit]
as it happens

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Danish [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

Verbal form of the noun liv (“life”).

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /liːvə/, [ˈliːwə]

Verb [edit]

live (imperative liv, infinitive at live, present tense liver, past tense livede, past participle har livet)

  1. enliven
Usage notes [edit]

Used with op (“up”): live op

Etymology 2 [edit]

From English live (1965).

Adverb [edit]

live

  1. live (as it happens)
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Esperanto [edit]

Adverb [edit]

live (lative liven)

  1. (neologism) on the left

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Finnish [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

Noun [edit]

live

  1. (dialectal) lye
Declension [edit]
Declension of live (type hame)
singular plural
nominative live lipeet
genitive lipeen lipeiden
lipeitten
partitive livettä lipeitä
accusative live
lipeen		 lipeet
inessive lipeessä lipeissä
elative lipeestä lipeistä
illative lipeeseen lipeisiin
lipeihin
adessive lipeellä lipeillä
ablative lipeeltä lipeiltä
allative lipeelle lipeille
essive lipeenä lipeinä
translative lipeeksi lipeiksi
instructive – lipein
abessive lipeettä lipeittä
comitative – lipeineen
Synonyms [edit]

Etymology 2 [edit]

From English live.

Adverb [edit]

live (not comparable)

  1. live

German [edit]

Adverb [edit]

live

  1. (of an event) live (as it happens; in real time; direct)

Italian [edit]

Adjective [edit]

live (invariable)

  1. Performed or recorded live

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Latin [edit]

Verb [edit]

līvē

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of līveō
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