lives
Meaning
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third-person singular simple present indicative of live
Synonyms
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/lɪvz/
New
live
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- To be alive; to have life.
- To have permanent residence somewhere, to inhabit, to reside.
- (informal) To have permanent residence somewhere, to inhabit, to reside.
- To survive; to persevere; to continue.
- To endure in memory; to escape oblivion.
- To cope.
- To pass life in a specified manner.
- To spend, as one's life; to pass; to maintain; to continue in, constantly or habitually.
- To act habitually in conformity with; to practice; to exemplify in one's way of life.
- (obsolete) To live as; to live being.
- To outlast danger; to float (said of a ship, boat, etc).
- To maintain or support one's existence; to provide for oneself; to feed; to subsist.
- (informal) To make the most of life; to experience a full, rich life.
New
life
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- The state of organisms preceding their death, characterized by biological processes such as metabolism and reproduction and distinguishing them from inanimate objects; the state of being alive and living.
- The state of organisms preceding their death, characterized by biological processes such as metabolism and reproduction and distinguishing them from inanimate objects; the state of being alive and living.
- The animating principle or force that keeps an inorganic thing or concept metaphorically alive (dynamic, relevant, etc) and makes it a "living document", "living constitution", etc.
- Lifeforms, generally or collectively.
- A living individual; the fact of a particular individual being alive. (Chiefly when indicating individuals were lost (died) or saved.)
- Existence.
- Existence.
- (informal) Existence.
- Existence.
- Existence.
- A period of time during which something has existence.
- A period of time during which something has existence.
- A period of time during which something has existence.
- A period of time during which something has existence.
- A period of time during which something has existence.
- (colloquial) A period of time during which something has existence.
- Animation; spirit; vivacity.
- Animation; spirit; vivacity.
- A biography.
- Nature, reality, and the forms that exist in it.
- An opportunity for existence.
- An opportunity for existence.
- An opportunity for existence.
- An opportunity for existence.
- The life insurance industry.
- A life assured under a life assurance policy (equivalent to the policy itself for a single life contract).
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