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Live means to have life, continue to be alive, to reside somewhere or to behave throughout one's life in a particular way. (verb)

An example of live is a person who's heart is beating and brain is functioning.
An example of live is a deer that was hit by a car, but is still walking and breathing.
An example of live is where a person sleeps and calls home.
An example of live is a person who spends their life being cautious.

Live describes seeing or hearing a performance as it is happening, not prerecorded. (adjective)

An example of live is going to a concert.

See live in Webster's New World College Dictionary

See live in American Heritage Dictionary 4

(lĭv)

verb lived lived, liv·ing, lives lives

verb, intransitive

To be alive; exist.
To continue to be alive: lived through a bad accident.
To support oneself; subsist: living on rice and fish; lives on a small inheritance.
To reside; dwell: lives on a farm.
To conduct one's life in a particular manner: lived frugally.
To pursue a positive, satisfying existence; enjoy life: those who truly live.
To remain in human memory: an event that lives on in our minds.

verb, transitive

To spend or pass (one's life).
To go through; experience: lived a nightmare.
To practice in one's life: live one's beliefs.

Phrasal Verbs: live down To overcome or reduce the shame of (a misdeed, for example) over a period of time. live in To reside in the place where one is employed: household servants who live in. live out To live outside one's place of domestic employment: household servants who live out. live with To put up with; resign oneself to: disliked the situation but had to live with it.

(līv)

adjective

Having life; alive: live animals. See Synonyms at living.
Of, related to, or occurring during the life of one that is living: a live birth; the live weight of an animal before being slaughtered.
Of current interest or relevance: a live topic; still a live option.
Informal Full of life, excitement, or activity; lively: a live crowd at the parade; a live party.
Glowing; burning: live coals.
Not yet exploded but capable of being fired: live ammunition.
Electricity Carrying an electric current or energized with electricity: live cables lying dangerously on the ground.
Not mined or quarried; in the natural state: live ore.
a. Broadcast while actually being performed; not taped, filmed, or recorded: a live television program.
b. Involving performers or spectators who are physically present: live entertainment; a live audience.
Of, relating to, or containing living, often modified microorganisms: a live vaccine; live yogurt cultures.
Printing Not yet set into type: live copy.
Sports In play: a live ball.

adverb

At, during, or from the time of actual occurrence or performance: The landing on the moon was telecast live.

Related Forms:

liveˈness noun

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