live

Significat (English)

Verb

1. To be alive; to have life.
2. To have permanent residence somewhere, to inhabit, to reside.
3. (informal) To have permanent residence somewhere, to inhabit, to reside.
4. To survive; to persevere; to continue.
5. To endure in memory; to escape oblivion.
6. To cope.
7. To pass life in a specified manner.
8. To spend, as one's life; to pass; to maintain; to continue in, constantly or habitually.
9. To act habitually in conformity with; to practice; to exemplify in one's way of life.
10. (obsolete) To live as; to live being.
11. To outlast danger; to float (said of a ship, boat, etc).
12. To maintain or support one's existence; to provide for oneself; to feed; to subsist.
13. (informal) To make the most of life; to experience a full, rich life.

Adj

1. Having life; that is alive.
2. Being in existence; actual.
3. Having active properties; being energized.
4. Operational; in actual use rather than in testing etc.
5. Operational; in actual use rather than in testing etc.
6. Taken from a living animal.
7. Imparting power; having motion.
8. Still in active play.
9. Of a card: not yet dealt or played.
10. Being broadcast ("on the air"), as it happens.
11. In person.
12. Recorded from a performance in front of an audience.
13. Able to fire or explode (of firearms or explosives).
14. Of an environment where sound is recorded: having noticeable reverberation.
15. Electrically charged or energized, usually indicating that the item may cause electrocution if touched.
16. Being a bet which can be raised by the bettor, usually in reference to a blind or straddle.
17. Featuring humans; not animated, in the phrases “live actors” or “live action”.
18. Being in a state of ignition; burning.
19. (obsolete) Vivid; bright.
20. (slang) Energetic, attentive, active.
21. (slang) Outstanding, top-notch, exhilarating.
22. Of a syllable in languages such as Thai and Burmese: resonating, not ending abruptly.

Adv

1. Of an event, as it happens; in real time; direct.
2. Of making a performance or speech, in person.

Synonyms

dwell

alive

reside

exist

stay

living

be alive

inhabit

survive

be

remain

lodge

subsist

abide

life

make a living

support oneself

sit

🪑

lively

unrecorded

get along

occupy

vivid

last

lead

experience

settle

animate

active

wander

roam

remain alive

earn one’s livelihood

breathe

endure

move around

have life

springy

burning

keep

continue

room

know

populate

live on

grow

be born

bouncy

go

stretch

hold up

hold out

sit down

be located

stop

🛑

be lodged

quick

associate

live in

unexploded

be sitting

was

current

resilient

true

revive

right

elastic

hot

🥵

lifelike

lightsome

limber

live out

live through

living being

loaded

located

lurid

maintain

manage

matter

mercurial

natural

nest

nonrigid

oak

open

operable

operative

organic

peppy

perky

pertinent

picturesque

plentiful

pliant

poignant

point-blank

present

produce

proper

put up

quartered

question

❓

racy

real

recover

regular

relevant

rest

robust

running

🏃

saved

seem

settled

sleep in

sojourn

soul

staying

straight

straightaway

straightforward

⬆️

straight line

straight-out

stretchable

stretched

stretchy

strong

supple

survival

sustain

tarry

tensional

lead a life

treat

unbent

unbigoted

unbowed

uncrossed

uncurled

unfilmed

unkindled

untaped

untwisted

unwrought

up-to-the-minute

veritable

vibrant

vivacious

volatile

wait

working

zippy

ישר

be in existence

be well

dwell in

eke out a living

frank

live long

live transmission

reside in

stay alive

stop at

continue to live

unmediated

wander around

live one’s life

sleep

😴

uncurved

spend one’s life

real stuff

unconstipated

uncurving

unexacting

under tension

earn for living

wone

accommodation

adaptable

adaptive

animated

appear

are

bear

🐻

beget

bide

big

biotic

bobbish

bona fide

born

🐣

bouncing

breathing

breed

breezy

bright

brisk

buoyant

buxom

cause

charged

cheery

chipper

coexist

cohabit

come to life

correct

country

crisp

dapper

dashing

direct

do

domicile

domiciliate

downright

effective

existence

feed

flexible

flourish

found

fresh

frisky

frontal

functional

functioning

gay

get better

get on with

glowing

going

green

grig

hang around

hang out

happen

haunt

healthy

⚕️

honest-to-god

honest-to-goodness

house

🏠

jaunty

keep alive

legitimate

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/lɪv/

Etimologia (English)

Inherited from anglès mitjà: lyven

Inherited from anglès antic: lifian

Cognate with Saterfriesisch: líeuwje

Cognate with frisó occidental: libje

Cognate with neerlandès: leven

Cognate with alemany: leben

Cognate with suec: leva

Cognate with islandès: lifa

Cognate with gòtic: 𐌻𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽

In summary

From Middle English lyven, libben, from Old English lifian, libban (“to live; be alive”), from Proto-West Germanic *libbjan, from Proto-Germanic *libjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“leave, cling, linger”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian líeuwje (“to live”), West Frisian libje (“to live”), Dutch leven (“to live”), German Low German leven, lęven (“to live”), German leben (“to live”), Swedish leva (“to live”), Icelandic lifa (“to live”), Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽 (liban, “to live”).

Frases

Live and let live .

Long live the king !

It’s an incredible live performance on his part .

Elizabeth tells the angry crowd to let Abigail live .

The band was very active with live performances in and outside their native country .

The original live concert was mixed by Peter Sinfield.

A few residents live on board full-time while most visit periodically throughout the year .

Aquarists recommend live foods and meaty prepared foods .