"live on" meaning in All languages combined

See live on on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-live on.ogg [Australia] Forms: lives on [present, singular, third-person], living on [participle, present], lived on [participle, past], lived on [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} live on (third-person singular simple present lives on, present participle living on, simple past and past participle lived on)
  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To survive solely by consuming a certain thing. Tags: idiomatic, transitive Translations (survive by consuming certain thing): vivre de (French), von etwas leben (German), tar suas (ar) (Irish), vivere di (Italian), victitō (Latin), viver de (Portuguese), trăi din (Romanian), trăi pe (Romanian), thig suas air (Scottish Gaelic), thig beò air (Scottish Gaelic), leva av (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-live_on-en-verb-f5eEPQYN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (on) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 9 29 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (on): 50 11 39 Disambiguation of 'survive by consuming certain thing': 73 24 3
  2. (idiomatic, intransitive) To endure. Tags: idiomatic, intransitive Translations (to endure): weiterleben (German), prōvivō (Latin)
    Sense id: en-live_on-en-verb--R8EIG49 Disambiguation of 'to endure': 8 92 1
  3. (mathematics, idiomatic, transitive) To be defined on. Tags: idiomatic, transitive Categories (topical): Mathematics Related terms: live off
    Sense id: en-live_on-en-verb-PidOOXvz Topics: mathematics, sciences

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for live on meaning in All languages combined (4.7kB)

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lives on",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "living on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lived on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lived on",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "live on (third-person singular simple present lives on, present participle living on, simple past and past participle lived on)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "61 9 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 11 39",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (on)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "When he was in the rainforest, he lived on bugs and rainwater.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To survive solely by consuming a certain thing."
      ],
      "id": "en-live_on-en-verb-f5eEPQYN",
      "links": [
        [
          "survive",
          "survive"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, transitive) To survive solely by consuming a certain thing."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "73 24 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "survive by consuming certain thing",
          "word": "vivre de"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 24 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "survive by consuming certain thing",
          "word": "von etwas leben"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 24 3",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "survive by consuming certain thing",
          "word": "tar suas (ar)"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 24 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "survive by consuming certain thing",
          "word": "vivere di"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 24 3",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "survive by consuming certain thing",
          "word": "victitō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 24 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "survive by consuming certain thing",
          "word": "viver de"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 24 3",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "survive by consuming certain thing",
          "word": "trăi din"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 24 3",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "survive by consuming certain thing",
          "word": "trăi pe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 24 3",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "survive by consuming certain thing",
          "word": "thig suas air"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 24 3",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "survive by consuming certain thing",
          "word": "thig beò air"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 24 3",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "survive by consuming certain thing",
          "word": "leva av"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Her memory lives on in our hearts.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012 June 4, Lewis Smith, “Queen’s English Society says enuf is enough, innit?: Society formed 40 years ago to protect language against poor spelling and grammar closes because too few people care”, in The Guardian, London, archived from the original on 2016-03-10",
          "text": "He described the members and organisers of the society as \"a group of enthusiasts celebrating the richness and diversity of the English language\", and is convinced that whether or not enough volunteers can be found to keep the society going, their enthusiasm and love for good English will live on.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To endure."
      ],
      "id": "en-live_on-en-verb--R8EIG49",
      "links": [
        [
          "endure",
          "endure"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, intransitive) To endure."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to endure",
          "word": "weiterleben"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to endure",
          "word": "prōvivō"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Mathematics",
          "orig": "en:Mathematics",
          "parents": [
            "Formal sciences",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2018, Lars Ljungqvist and Thomas J. Sargent, Recursive Macroeconomic Theory, fourth edition, MIT Press, page 116",
          "text": "Let assets live on the grid #x5C;mathcal#x7B;A#x7D;#x3D;#x5B;a#x5F;1,a#x5F;2,#x5C;dots,a#x5F;n#x5D;.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be defined on."
      ],
      "id": "en-live_on-en-verb-PidOOXvz",
      "links": [
        [
          "mathematics",
          "mathematics"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(mathematics, idiomatic, transitive) To be defined on."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "_dis1": "4 0 96",
          "word": "live off"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "mathematics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "En-au-live on.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/db/En-au-live_on.ogg/En-au-live_on.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/db/En-au-live_on.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "live on"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs with particle (on)",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lives on",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "living on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lived on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lived on",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "live on (third-person singular simple present lives on, present participle living on, simple past and past participle lived on)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "live off"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English idioms",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "When he was in the rainforest, he lived on bugs and rainwater.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To survive solely by consuming a certain thing."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "survive",
          "survive"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, transitive) To survive solely by consuming a certain thing."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English idioms",
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Her memory lives on in our hearts.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012 June 4, Lewis Smith, “Queen’s English Society says enuf is enough, innit?: Society formed 40 years ago to protect language against poor spelling and grammar closes because too few people care”, in The Guardian, London, archived from the original on 2016-03-10",
          "text": "He described the members and organisers of the society as \"a group of enthusiasts celebrating the richness and diversity of the English language\", and is convinced that whether or not enough volunteers can be found to keep the society going, their enthusiasm and love for good English will live on.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To endure."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "endure",
          "endure"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, intransitive) To endure."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English idioms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "en:Mathematics"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2018, Lars Ljungqvist and Thomas J. Sargent, Recursive Macroeconomic Theory, fourth edition, MIT Press, page 116",
          "text": "Let assets live on the grid #x5C;mathcal#x7B;A#x7D;#x3D;#x5B;a#x5F;1,a#x5F;2,#x5C;dots,a#x5F;n#x5D;.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be defined on."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mathematics",
          "mathematics"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(mathematics, idiomatic, transitive) To be defined on."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "mathematics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "En-au-live on.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/db/En-au-live_on.ogg/En-au-live_on.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/db/En-au-live_on.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "survive by consuming certain thing",
      "word": "vivre de"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "survive by consuming certain thing",
      "word": "von etwas leben"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "survive by consuming certain thing",
      "word": "tar suas (ar)"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "survive by consuming certain thing",
      "word": "vivere di"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "survive by consuming certain thing",
      "word": "victitō"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "survive by consuming certain thing",
      "word": "viver de"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "survive by consuming certain thing",
      "word": "trăi din"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "survive by consuming certain thing",
      "word": "trăi pe"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "survive by consuming certain thing",
      "word": "thig suas air"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "survive by consuming certain thing",
      "word": "thig beò air"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "survive by consuming certain thing",
      "word": "leva av"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to endure",
      "word": "weiterleben"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to endure",
      "word": "prōvivō"
    }
  ],
  "word": "live on"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.