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live
(l/aI/v )

adjective (a)

  • actually being performed at the time of hearing or viewing(adj.all)
    Example:
    A live television program.
    Brought to you live from Lincoln Center.
    Live entertainment involves performers actually in the physical presence of a live audience.
    Synonym:
    unrecorded
    Antonym:
    recorded
    source: wordnet30
  • exerting force or containing energy(adj.all)
    Example:
    Live coals.
    Tossed a live cigarette out the window.
    Got a shock from a live wire.
    Live ore is unmined ore.
    A live bomb.
    A live ball is one in play.
    source: wordnet30
  • possessing life(adj.all)
    Example:
    The happiest person alive.
    The nerve is alive.
    Doctors are working hard to keep him alive.
    Burned alive.
    A live canary.
    Synonym:
    alive
    Antonym:
    dead
    source: wordnet30
  • Having life; alive; living; not dead.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

noun (n)

  • Life.(noun)
    source: webster1913

adverb (r)

  • not recorded(adv.all)
    Example:
    The opera was broadcast live.
    source: wordnet30

adjective satellite (s)

  • highly reverberant(adj.all)
    Example:
    A live concert hall.
    source: wordnet30
  • charged with an explosive(adj.all)
    Example:
    Live ammunition.
    A live bomb.
    source: wordnet30
  • elastic; rebounds readily(adj.all)
    Example:
    A lively tennis ball.
    Synonym:
    bouncy, lively, resilient, springy
    source: wordnet30
  • abounding with life and energy(adj.all)
    Example:
    The club members are a really live bunch.
    source: wordnet30
  • in current use or ready for use(adj.all)
    Example:
    Live copy is ready to be set in type or already set but not yet proofread.
    source: wordnet30
  • of current relevance(adj.all)
    Example:
    A live issue.
    Still a live option.
    source: wordnet30
  • charged or energized with electricity(adj.all)
    Example:
    A live wire.
    Synonym:
    hot
    source: wordnet30
  • capable of erupting(adj.all)
    Example:
    A live volcano.
    The volcano is very much alive.
    source: wordnet30

verb (v)

  • inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of(verb.stative)
    Example:
    People lived in Africa millions of years ago.
    Synonym:
    dwell, inhabit, populate
    source: wordnet30
  • lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style(verb.stative)
    Example:
    We had to live frugally after the war.
    source: wordnet30
  • continue to live through hardship or adversity(verb.stative)
    Example:
    The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents.
    Synonym:
    endure, go, hold out, hold up, last, live on, survive
    source: wordnet30
  • support oneself(verb.stative)
    Example:
    Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?.
    Synonym:
    exist, subsist, survive
    source: wordnet30
  • have life, be alive(verb.stative)
    Example:
    My grandfather lived until the end of war.
    Synonym:
    be
    source: wordnet30
  • have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations(verb.cognition)
    Example:
    I have lived a kind of hell when I was a drug addict.
    The holocaust survivors have lived a nightmare.
    I lived through two divorces.
    Synonym:
    experience, know
    source: wordnet30
  • pursue a positive and satisfying existence(verb.stative)
    Example:
    You must accept yourself and others if you really want to live.
    source: wordnet30
  • To be alive; to have life; to have, as an animal or a plant, the capacity of assimilating matter as food, and to be dependent on such assimilation for a continuance of existence; as, animals and plants that live to a great age are long in reaching maturity.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To spend, as one's life; to pass; to maintain; to continue in, constantly or habitually; as, to live an idle or a useful life.(verb)
    source: webster1913

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