alive
Meaning
- (predicative) Having life; living; not dead.
- (predicative) In a state of action; in force or operation; existent.
- (predicative) Busy with activity of many living beings; swarming; thronged; busy.
- (predicative) Carrying electrical current; energized.
- (predicative) Aware of; sensitive to.
- (predicative) Sprightly; lively; brisk.
- (predicative) Susceptible, sensitive; easy to impress; having keen feelings, as opposed to apathy.
- (emphatic, intensifier, predicative) Out of all living creatures.
- (predicative) Synonym of live.
Synonyms
full of life
Translations
vivant
vivo
vivo
lebendig
vivo
levend
ζωντανός
canlı
viuFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/əˈlaɪv/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English alive, alife, olive, olife, on live, on life, from Old English on līfe (“alive”, literally “in life" or "in (the) body”), from on (“on, in”) + līfe, dative singular of līf (“life”). In this sense, replaced Old English cwic (whence English quick). Equivalent to a- + life. Compare Dutch in leven (“alive”, literally “in life”), German am Leben (“alive”, literally “at life" or "at living”).
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