live

He's not expected to live for more than a few months.

(intransitive) To be alive; to have life.

I live at 2a Acacia Avenue.  He lives in LA, but he's staying here over the summer.

Athelstan Arundel walked home all the way, foaming and raging. No omnibus, cab, or conveyance ever built could contain a young man in such a rage. His mother lived at Pembridge Square, which is four good measured miles from Lincoln's Inn.

1892, Walter Besant, “Prologue: Who is Edmund Gray?”, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 16:

It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.

1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter X, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:

(intransitive) To have permanent residence somewhere, to inhabit, to reside.

I washed your gravy boat. Where does it live?

(intransitive, informal) (of an object) to have its proper place; to normally be stored.

When Lazarus left his charnel-cave,
And home to Mary’s house return’d, […]
‘Where wert thou, brother, those four days?’
There lives no record of reply,
Which telling what it is to die
Had surely added praise to praise.

1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, Canto XXXI, page 50:

(intransitive) To survive; to persevere; to continue.

Her memory lives in that song.

He has now overseen three straight victories since taking over from Claudio Ranieri and this latest win, against one of the best teams in Europe, will live long in the memory for every Leicester supporter.

2017 March 14, Stuart James, “Leicester stun Sevilla to reach last eight after Kasper Schmeichel save”, in the Guardian:

(intransitive) To endure in memory; to escape oblivion.

You'll just have to live with it!  I can't live in a world without you.

It is difficult to live in poverty.   And they lived happily ever after.

(intransitive) To pass life in a specified manner.

To live an idle or a useful life.

Many people write their romances, others live them; Honore de Balzac did both.

1921, Juanita Helm Floyd, Women in the Life of Balzac:

By 1980, South Korea had overtaken its northern neighbour, and was well on its way to being one of the Asian tigers – high-performing economies, with democratic movements ultimately winning power in the 1990s. The withdrawal of most Soviet aid in 1991, with the fall of the Soviet empire, pushed North Korea further down. Kim Il-sung had held a genuine place on North Korean people's affections. His son was regarded as a shadowy playboy, with rumours circulating over the years that he imported Russian and Chinese prostitutes, and lived a life of profligacy and excess.

2011 December 19, Kerry Brown, “Kim Jong-il obituary”, in The Guardian:

But poverty’s scourge is fiercest below $1.25 (the average of the 15 poorest countries’ own poverty lines, measured in 2005 dollars and adjusted for differences in purchasing power): people below that level live lives that are poor, nasty, brutish and short.

2013 June 1, “Towards the end of poverty”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 11:

(transitive) To spend, as one's life; to pass; to maintain; to continue in, constantly or habitually.

to live the Gospel

1563 March 30 (Gregorian calendar), John Foxe, Actes and Monuments of These Latter and Perillous Dayes, […], London: […] Iohn Day, […], →OCLC:

Change happens from the inside out and this great resource can show you how to live the habits that build personal and professional effectiveness.

2006, Laura Cardone, Motivation at Work, →ISBN:

In short, he argues, in the modern era, “The only way to build a brand is to live that brand. You have to live the values and the mission, then let the customer decide.”

2016 March 24, Jon Henley, “The aggressive, outrageous, infuriating (and ingenious) rise of BrewDog”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

(transitive) To act habitually in conformity with; to practice; to exemplify in one's way of life.

at leaſt admit vs libertie,
Euen as thou hopſt to be eternized,
By liuing Aſias mightie Emperour.

c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene ii:

(transitive, obsolete) To live as; to live being.

No ship could live in such a storm.

a strong mast that lived upon the sea

c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:

(intransitive) To outlast danger; to float (said of a ship, boat, etc).

It is hard to live on the minimum wage.   They lived on stale bread.   Man shall not live by bread alone.

(intransitive, followed by on, upon, or by) To maintain or support one's existence; to provide for oneself; to feed; to subsist.

I'm sick of spending every day studying at home: I want to go out there and live!

(intransitive, informal) To make the most of life; to experience a full, rich life.

en-verb

live (third-person singular simple present lives, present participle living, simple past and past participle lived)

lives (present singular third-person)
living (participle present)
lived (participle past)
lived (past)

can't live with them, can't live without them

people that live in glass houses should not throw stones

people that live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones

people who live in glass houses should not throw stones

people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones

those who live in glass houses should not throw stones

those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones

elää

spend (one's life), pass, maintain, continue in

преживя́вам

outlast (danger), float (of a ship, boat)

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”).


live

The post office will not ship live animals.

(only used attributively) Having life; that is alive.

He is a live example of the consequences of excessive drinking.

Because the vaccinia virus is live, it is important to follow care instructions for the vaccination site.

Having active properties; being energized.

Operational; in actual use rather than in testing etc.

An object in the heap is live if its address is held in a root, or there is a pointer to it held in another live heap node.

1996, Richard Jones, Rafael Lins, Garbage Collection, →ISBN, page 4:

(programming) Of an object or value: that may potentially be used in the future execution of a program.

live feathers

the live spindle of a lathe

a live, or driving, axle

(engineering) Imparting power; having motion.

a live ball

As a beginner, when you are in a hand, you should practice counting your outs, or those live cards left in the deck that can improve your hand.

2005, Alison M. Pendergast, Play Winning Poker in No Time, page 57:

(card games) Of a card: not yet dealt or played.

The station presented a live news program every evening.

Are we live?

(broadcasting) Being broadcast ("on the air"), as it happens.

This nightclub has a live band on weekends.

a live album

(entertainment, performing) Recorded from a performance in front of an audience.

The air force practices dropping live bombs on the uninhabited island.

Able to fire or explode (of firearms or explosives).

A good experiment is to have a friend stand in a fixed position in a moderately live room and talk in a clear voice.

2002, John Eargle, Chris Foreman, Audio Engineering for Sound Reinforcement, page 21:

It sounds like the instruments were recorded in a fairly live room with reverb added.

2016, Jason Corey, Audio Production and Critical Listening: Technical Ear Training, page 136:

Of an environment where sound is recorded: having noticeable reverberation.

Use caution when working near live wires.

(circuitry) Electrically charged or energized, usually indicating that the item may cause electrocution if touched.

Tommy's blind was live, so he was given the option to raise.

(poker) Being a bet which can be raised by the bettor, usually in reference to a blind or straddle.

(film) Featuring humans; not animated, in the phrases “live actors” or “live action”.

a live coal; live embers

Call it a dead language if you want to—it looks to me like those Latinites were the live boys when it came to putting a whole lot of meaning into just two or three words.

1916 March 25, Irvin S. Cobb, “"Unaccustomed as I am—"”, in Saturday Evening Post:

the live carnation

a. 1749 (date written), James Thomson, “Spring”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC:

a live man, or orator

Now then, Bill, I've recommended to the troop that they take you in, and the fellows have all voted in favor of you. These scouts are a live bunch and they all expect you to make good.

1915, “In the Scout Cave”, in Boys' Life, volume 5, number 3, page 23:

(slang)
(dated) Energetic, attentive, active.

The party was live, and the music was jammin. All over the beach people in colorful swimsuits were moving to the beat.

1998, Kimberly S. Phillips, Purpose Lies Within, Messenger Publishing, →ISBN, page 119:

(slang)
Outstanding, top-notch, exhilarating.

(linguistics) Of a syllable in languages such as Thai and Burmese: resonating, not ending abruptly.

en-adj

live (comparative more live, superlative most live)

more live (comparative)
most live (superlative)

مُباشِر

(broadcasting) seen or heard from a broadcast, as it happens


live

The concert was broadcast live by radio.

Of an event, as it happens; in real time; direct.

He'll be appearing live at the auditorium.

Of making a performance or speech, in person.