"live up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: lives up [present, singular, third-person], living up [participle, present], lived up [participle, past], lived up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} live up (third-person singular simple present lives up, present participle living up, simple past and past participle lived up)
  1. (intransitive, followed by to) To fulfil the expectations placed upon one. Tags: intransitive, with-to Related terms: live it up, make good on Translations (to fulfil the expectations placed upon one): ارتقى إلى (Arabic), كان في مستوى (Arabic), doğrultmaq (Azerbaijani), splnit (Czech), naplnit (Czech), dostát (Czech), odpovídat (Czech), waarmaken (Dutch), täyttää odotukset (Finnish), olla veroinen (jonkin) (Finnish), être à la hauteur (French), gerecht werden (German), halten (German), soddisfare le aspettative (Italian), attaisnot cerības (Latvian), برآورده کردن (Persian), spełnić oczekiwania (Polish), опра́вдывать (oprávdyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), оправда́ть (opravdátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), estar a la altura (Spanish), dar la talla (Spanish), aprovechar (Spanish), leva upp till (Swedish), göra skäl för (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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        "To fulfil the expectations placed upon one."
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        "(intransitive, followed by to) To fulfil the expectations placed upon one."
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        {
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "sense": "to fulfil the expectations placed upon one",
          "word": "ارتقى إلى"
        },
        {
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "sense": "to fulfil the expectations placed upon one",
          "word": "كان في مستوى"
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        {
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "to fulfil the expectations placed upon one",
          "word": "doğrultmaq"
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        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to fulfil the expectations placed upon one",
          "word": "splnit"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to fulfil the expectations placed upon one",
          "word": "naplnit"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to fulfil the expectations placed upon one",
          "word": "dostát"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to fulfil the expectations placed upon one",
          "word": "odpovídat"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to fulfil the expectations placed upon one",
          "word": "waarmaken"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to fulfil the expectations placed upon one",
          "word": "täyttää odotukset"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to fulfil the expectations placed upon one",
          "word": "olla veroinen (jonkin)"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to fulfil the expectations placed upon one",
          "word": "être à la hauteur"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to fulfil the expectations placed upon one",
          "word": "gerecht werden"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to fulfil the expectations placed upon one",
          "word": "halten"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to fulfil the expectations placed upon one",
          "word": "soddisfare le aspettative"
        },
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          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "to fulfil the expectations placed upon one",
          "word": "attaisnot cerības"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "sense": "to fulfil the expectations placed upon one",
          "word": "برآورده کردن"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to fulfil the expectations placed upon one",
          "word": "spełnić oczekiwania"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "oprávdyvatʹ",
          "sense": "to fulfil the expectations placed upon one",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "опра́вдывать"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "opravdátʹ",
          "sense": "to fulfil the expectations placed upon one",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "оправда́ть"
        },
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to fulfil the expectations placed upon one",
          "word": "estar a la altura"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to fulfil the expectations placed upon one",
          "word": "dar la talla"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to fulfil the expectations placed upon one",
          "word": "aprovechar"
        },
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to fulfil the expectations placed upon one",
          "word": "leva upp till"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to fulfil the expectations placed upon one",
          "word": "göra skäl för"
        }
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "to fulfil the expectations placed upon one",
      "word": "كان في مستوى"
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      "sense": "to fulfil the expectations placed upon one",
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      "sense": "to fulfil the expectations placed upon one",
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "to fulfil the expectations placed upon one",
      "word": "naplnit"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to fulfil the expectations placed upon one",
      "word": "dostát"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to fulfil the expectations placed upon one",
      "word": "odpovídat"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to fulfil the expectations placed upon one",
      "word": "waarmaken"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to fulfil the expectations placed upon one",
      "word": "täyttää odotukset"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to fulfil the expectations placed upon one",
      "word": "olla veroinen (jonkin)"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to fulfil the expectations placed upon one",
      "word": "être à la hauteur"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to fulfil the expectations placed upon one",
      "word": "gerecht werden"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to fulfil the expectations placed upon one",
      "word": "halten"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to fulfil the expectations placed upon one",
      "word": "soddisfare le aspettative"
    },
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      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "to fulfil the expectations placed upon one",
      "word": "attaisnot cerības"
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "to fulfil the expectations placed upon one",
      "word": "برآورده کردن"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to fulfil the expectations placed upon one",
      "word": "spełnić oczekiwania"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "oprávdyvatʹ",
      "sense": "to fulfil the expectations placed upon one",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "опра́вдывать"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "opravdátʹ",
      "sense": "to fulfil the expectations placed upon one",
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      "word": "оправда́ть"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to fulfil the expectations placed upon one",
      "word": "estar a la altura"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to fulfil the expectations placed upon one",
      "word": "dar la talla"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to fulfil the expectations placed upon one",
      "word": "aprovechar"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to fulfil the expectations placed upon one",
      "word": "leva upp till"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to fulfil the expectations placed upon one",
      "word": "göra skäl för"
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  "word": "live up"
}

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