English dictionary
live
adjectivePronunciation
laɪv
Audio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
adjective
- capable of erupting
adjective
- possessing life
adjective
- exerting force or containing energy
adjective
- charged or energized with electricity
adjective
- of current relevance
adjective
- in current use or ready for use
adjective
- abounding with life and energy
adjective
- elastic; rebounds readily
adjective
- actually being performed at the time of hearing or viewing
adjective
- charged with an explosive
adjective
- highly reverberant
adverb
- not recorded
verb
- have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations
verb
- have life, be alive
verb
- lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style
verb
- pursue a positive and satisfying existence
verb
- support oneself
verb
- continue to live and avoid dying
verb
- be an inhabitant of or reside in
Example sentences
a live volcano
the volcano is very much alive
the happiest person alive
the nerve is alive
doctors are working hard to keep him alive
burned alive
a live canary
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 hot wire
a live wire
a live issue
still a live option
live copy is ready to be set in type or already set but not yet proofread
the club members are a really live bunch
clean bouncy hair
a lively tennis ball
as resilient as seasoned hickory
springy turf
a live television program
brought to you live from Lincoln Center
live entertainment involves performers actually in the physical presence of a live audience
live ammunition
a live concert hall
the opera was broadcast live
I know the feeling!
have you ever known hunger?
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
Our great leader is no more
My grandfather lived until the end of war
we had to live frugally after the war
You must accept yourself and others if you really want to live
he could barely exist on such a low wage
Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?
Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day
We went without water and food for 3 days
These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America
The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents
how long can a person last without food and water?
one crash victim died, the other lived
People lived in Africa millions of years ago
The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted
this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean
deer are populating the woods